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Will Wright has admitted that he designed Spore with purely casual gamers in mind – and that ‘hardcore’ players didn’t even get a look-in during testing. For the full story, visit MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz.

Momentum is growing behind rumours that Nintendo is preparing to unveil updates to both of its market leading consoles. Talk of a redesigned DS has been doing the rounds for quite some time, and the latest murmurings suggest that a new handheld boasting two touch screens, an integrated digital camera …

Deus Ex creator Warren Spector has unveiled the first details of his new project – and risked shocking his hardcore fanbase by revealing that it’s a family-friendly title. For the full story, visit MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz

Nearly a year after EA first announced its Command & Conquer themed FPS Tiberium , the US publisher has confirmed that the project has been cancelled – and it seems that some of the developers working on the game face the prospect of losing their jobs. An official EA statement …

TwelveJ's digital lighting class gets added Scotland date due to high demand

Respected US business publication Forbes has reported that core gamers are being nudged aside” by the industry. In a piece entitled Requiem For The Hardcore, Forbes’ Chris Morris writes that ‘publishers began to realise they didn’t need hardcore buzz’ in 2002, when The Sims surpassed Myst to become the biggest-selling …

You’ve reported a successful first year. What has been the biggest challenge during the re-brand? The first challenge was the speed in which we had to re-brand the business. We did about 112 stores in a two-and-a-half week period. But what has perhaps been the biggest challenge is taking over …

Microsoft has claimed that UK Xbox 360 sales increased by 214 per cent since after it dropped the price of the console last week – outselling PS3 by two-to-one. The firm has pointed at both the dip in SRP and a huge, megabucks marketing campaign, highlighting the mainstream-friendly aspects of …

Splash Damage, Media Molecule and Qantm back industry campaign

New GfK ChartTrack sales data has revealed that the installed base of current generation consoles has more than doubled in the space of a year. The data, which comes from GAME Group financial presentation, the current UK installed console base shared by the Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, DS and PSP …