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CG app giant plans to buy Avid-owned rival for $35m

Nintendo is giving you all the chance to pick up a copy of every DS game featured in the Recommended Extra in today’s MCV magazine. The bundle includes: Big Brain Academy, Maths Training, New Super Mario Bros., Mario Kart DS, Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Brain Training, More Brain …

HMV has left publishers fearing for revenues on new and catalogue stock with the introduction of its pre-owned offering. In a canny move that further cements its position as a specialist games retailer, HMV’s new Re/Play initiative will pile further pressure on publishers and rival retailers as the pivotal Christmas …

Trade association wants better teachers, lower fees, and more computer science funding

Two key staff appointed at fast-growing Brighton studio

After weeks of speculation – and confirmation from the BBFC – THQ has officially announced that it has acquired the rights to 50 Cent: Blood On The Sand. The title, due for release on Xbox 360 and PS3 in early 2009, was dropped by Activision Blizzard following the firm’s formative …

Japanese electronics firm Sony has issued a profit warning ahead of its full year financial reports next March – slashing its profit forecasts by 57 per cent in the process. The Times Online reports that Sony had previously predicted full year profits of YEN 470 billion, but this has now …

It has emerged that the US Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a recall on a range of wireless Wii guitars made by manufacturer Rage, Edge Online reports. The move came after one of the accessories gave its owner a battery acid burn. The problem has been linked to defective …

This is probably the best thing MCV has ever reported – Knight Rider and Baywatch star, and all-round pop entertainment legend David Hasselhoff has been confirmed as a future downloadable character for PSN hit Pain. The Knight Foundation figurehead will be featured on the recently released Movie Studio level, and …

Microsoft has finally dated its highly anticipated SingStar-rival, Lips, which will be released in Europe on November 21st and cost 49.99. For the money punters will pick up a copy of the game and a set of two wireless motion-sending microphones. The game’s on-disc track listing has also been revealed, …