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Almost everywhere you look, Jonathan Blow’s ambitious Xbox Live Arcade platformer Braid is garnering praise. But one of those fans may surprise you: the notoriously game-hating Daily Mail. For the full story head over to MCV’s sister site Develop.

A video interview with GameSpot SCEA’s director of hardware marketing John Koller has revealed that the new model has a shorter battery life than its predecessor. "Battery life will decrease by a small amount; it’s material, but it’s about 20 minutes, maybe 30 minutes,” said Koller. And that’s because there’s …

Gamescom will emerge as the leading European trade and consumer games event next year, as top industry executives back the Cologne show – leaving the future of Leipzig Games Convention hanging in the balance. Despite the success of GC 2008 – which drew upwards of 200,000 visitors – Gamescom’s favourable …

Creator of Devil May Cry Hideki Kamiya has launched a scathing attack on Ninja Gaiden, the most recent game from cult developer Tomonobu Itagaki, saying that he’s not interested” in the series. The comments come after Itagaki accused the Devil May Cry man of being asleep in the eight years …

LittleBigPlanet producer admits game will be 'great way to recruit new designers'

£5,000 competition to close for submissions in two weeks

There are big question marks hanging over Terminal Reality’s video game adaptation of classic ‘80s movie outing Ghostbusters at the moment – but another spectre has appeared on the horizon with the news that a major retailer has removed all mention of the title from its website. Kotaku reports that …

Nottingham-based MMO tech and game firm doubles in size for new projects

It’s pretty safe to say that this Friday signifies the end of what we’ve all come to call the traditional summer drought – with a number of big hitting triple-A releases heralding the beginning of the Q3/Q4 rush. What the most significant release is this week really comes down to …

Vivendi posted its second quarter results with its EBITA (Earnings before interest, tax and amortisation) totalling €92 million. Blizzard Entertainment’s EBITA amounted to €197 million (excluding allocation of company overheads), while Sierra entertainment reported a negative EBITA of €80 million. The firm blamed Sierra’s negative results on increased development costs, …