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Technology Strategy Board funds bid to improve NPCs

This was primarily due to the high price point of games. However, that equation has witnessed a tremendous change in the last two years. A number of factors have contributed to this – console prices have come to affordable levels and compare favourably with international prices, while software cost has …

India, traditionally, has not been perceived as a big console games market – but that’s a trend that is changing fast. According to an industry study from NASSCOM (India’s industry body for IT and allied services), the console gaming market of India is estimated to grow to $125.4 million by …

Ubisoft has announced that Shaun White Snowboarding and Rayman Raving Rabbids TV will hit retail on November 14th. Shaun White Snowboarding was a part of Nintendo’s E3 showcase in July, and will be released on Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PS2 and PC. The PS2 edition will arrive a little …

Nintendo will announce a new, updated version of its DS console at a press conference tomorrow morning, MCV has learnt. According to our impeccable source in Japan, Satoru Iwata will make the announcement at 5am UK time – as first predicted by MCV last month. Little is known about the …

The Carphone Warehouse has moved to dismiss reports that its stores will be selling video games consoles from today – whilst promising information on its new giant Best Buy outlets later this month. US retail goliath Best Buy announced a 1.1 billion investment in Carphone Warehouse in May this year, …

QA and localisation firm gets new CFO, Loc/QA supervisor

Command & Conquer FPS spin-off bites the dust - project loss means redundancies

The world’s largest games retailer GameStop has made a major stride into the European marketplace with a shock deal to acquire French chain Micromania. The deal gives the US giant 332 stores in France, increasing GameStop’s European store count to 1,077. The transaction is worth approximately $700 million (€480m) and …

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.