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Electronic Arts is to face legal action over its controversial use of SecuROM digital rights management software in many of its recent PC titles. SecuROM became a heated talking point following its use on EA’s recent PC hit Spore, mostly owing to the fact that it limited users to installing …

To mark the arrival of the New Xbox Experience next Wednesday (November 19th), a brand new Xbox Live title – A Kingdom for Keflings – will be available for download from the online service for 800 MS points. The title will make use of Xbox users’ own customised Avatars, one …

Two US lawsuits files over publisherâ??s controversial use of SecuROM digital rights management software

Atari has announced that it will distribute boxed versions of Icelandic developer CCP’s popular MMO EVE Online. The game will be available in retail outlets in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific regions from March 2009. In addition, Atari will provide trade marketing services to augment CCP’s consumer marketing initiatives …

Square Enix has reported a 13.9 per cent percent rise in profit for the first half of its fiscal year ending March 31st, 2009. Net income jumped to six billion Japanese Yen ($61.8 million) on slightly decreased revenue, compared to 5.2 billion ($53.2 million) during the same period in 2007. …

Andy IrvingUK PR Manager, Xbox & Games for WindowsAfter leaving his journalist career to go down the PR route, Andy has never looked back. Stints at Lunch PR saw Irving launch some huge IPs from Activision, Capcom and Vivendi, before he moved in-house to look after Microsoft’s first party games …

Looks like we spoke too soon – just hours after reporting our disappointment that trucker-hating Jeremy Clarkson had not yet been joined by a flash title based on the antics of BBC workmates Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand, a faithful reader of MCV has pointed out that it has! To …

Ahead of its release on November 14th, Future’s print magazine PSW has given Activision-Blizzard’s Call of Duty: World at War an impressive 10/10. CVG quotes the mag as saying: Modern Warfare was pretty much the best game on PS3 for the last year. So to hold the position that it’s …

Open-source graphics engine hits new major version

New preference porting service set for Valveâ??s online Steam network finally arrives