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It’s that time of year – and retailers need to know the last dates they can get in touch with the UK’s leading distributors. Here, MCV presents the full list of Christmas opening times for Centresoft, Gem, Trilogy and more. Centresoft: Sat, Dec 20th: 9am – 1pmMon, Dec 22nd: 9am …

Guns N’ Roses singer Axl Rose has slammed Activision and its Guitar Hero series for using his band’s songs without permission. The star wrote an open letter to fans suggesting he may be seeking legal action, according the NME. While he confirmed he did not object to former Guns guitarist …

Logic 3 Wed, Dec 24th – 9am – 12.30pmThu, Dec 25th – CLOSEDFri, Dec 26th – CLOSED Mon, Dec 29th – 9am – 5.30pmTues, Dec 30th – 9am – 5.30pmWed, Dec 31st – 9am – 3.00pmNew Years Day: CLOSEDFri, Jan 2nd – 9am – 5.30pm GemWed, Dec 24th – Jan …

Advantage Sat, Dec 20th: 9am – 1pmMon, Dec 22nd: 9am – 6pmTues, Dec 23rd: 9am – 5.30pm Weds, Dec 24th: CLOSEDThurs, Dec 25th: CLOSEDFri, Dec 26th: CLOSED Mon, Dec 29th: 9am – 5.30pmTue, Dec 30th: 9am – 5.30pm New Year’s Eve: CLOSEDNew Year’s Day: CLOSED Fri, Jan 2nd: 9am – …

Procedural city generator also gets performance enhancements

Tigon Studios, the firm producing the upcoming Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena, has revealed a true sequel to the original Xbox title is in the pipeline but won’t arrive for at least two years. Speaking to Eurogamer, the studio’s head of production Ian Stevens said: We’ve really tried …

The Grand Theft Auto series has generated a whopping $710 million this year for Take Two, largely due to the success of the latest entry, GTA IV. During a conference call discussing Take Two’s fiscal results, the publisher’s executives confirmed that GTA as a property has accounted for almost half …

Rockstar has renewed its deal with Take-Two, defying speculation that the Grand Theft Auto developer was to part company and pursue independence. Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Leslie Benzies and several other ‘key members of the creative team behind the renowned Grand Theft Auto series’ have secured ongoing employment as part …

Carnegie Mellon University to host second addressing â??growing skill shortageâ??

Publisher Take Two has seen record full year revenues – but has reported a $15 million loss for the three months period ending October 31st. Net revenue for the quarter was at $323.4 million, compared to $292.6 million for the same period in 2007. Whilst the net loss has more …