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US regulator The Entertainment Software Rating Board has introduced online summaries of each video game it rates in an effort to grant parents more opportunities to research the potentially harmful content in games. The move follows similar measures already in place at UK body the BBFC. And in a boost …

HMV’s flagship Oxford Street store saw the official launch of Wrath of The Lich King at midnight last night, attracting a whopping 2,500 strong horde of fans. The second expansion for huge franchise World of Warcraft was officially launched in Europe at the HMV store, where patient fans got to …

Nintendo’s Play it on Wii range – based on several updated GameCube titles – is going to get more than a conversion to the new console, according to a report from Famitsu. The Play It line-up, including titles like Donkey Kong Jungle Beat and Pikmin, is to be fine-tuned to …

The effects of the current global economic global crisis could see sales of Blu-ray discs and associated technology dramatically underperform this Christmas, according to some industry observers at the recent HD3 Conference in the US. The economy is the biggest challenge, because there are just so many pieces to the …

Sony’s big FPS release on PS3, Resistance 2, is currently sitting on an 88 per cent average review score on Metacritic. That leaves the game at 16th spot in the PS3 All Time High Scores list on the site – which aggregate scores from the US and UK specialist press. …

Ahead of the release of Nintendo’s rejuvenated DSi in Europe and North America some time next year, Nintendo has patented a number of DS-related titles that could offer a sneak peek at the plans the firm has for its machine. The eclectic list points to all sorts of possible software, …

Studio now thought to be focusing purely on Mortal Kombat titles going forward

Games for Windows Live Marketplace aims for full game downloads

The first MCV PES Tournament of the season kicks off on the evening of Thursday, November 27th, and there’s still time to register to compete. Remember, though, you must enter as a team of two from the same company rather than as an individual. Sign up in pairs at www.pesrankings.com/industry …

Redundancies sparked by Gamecock acquisition and development 'on hiatus' at studio