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Gamestation has kicked off its 24/7 online sale with a multitude of impressive offers. New deals are set to be unveiled every hour, and already include a pre-owned Xbox 360 Pro console for 129.99. MCV has learnt that other deals to come will include Haze for 19.99 and Halo 3 …

Partnership sees friend status granted to technology and arts body

GarageGames' popular indie engine expands small-scale development to another market

Warner Bros. has chosen to release its next major film adaptation via download rather than boxed product. The tie-in for Watchmen will be available on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in at least two episodes, the publisher has announced. Watchmen (logo pictured) is based on a DC Comics franchise and …

Valve founder on how the PC isn't dying, it's just moving to a service model

The inflammatory comments from the two men spearheading the Xbox and PlayStation businesses to MCV this week demonstrate that – whatever you might have heard elsewhere – E3 really matters to this industry. Don Mattrick and Kaz Hirai’s forthright opinions on how their respective brands have fared at this year’s …

Sony has told MCV that the launch date of PS3 Home ultimately doesn’t matter” – but predicted that the full service will be available in a reasonable timeframe”. However, speaking exclusively to MCV, Sony Computer Entertainment global president Kaz Hirai reiterated that the service’s Beta was still on course for …

Sony Computer Entertainment president Kaz Hirai has called into question Don Mattrick’s claim that Xbox 360 will sell more than PS3 in this generation – predicting that Microsoft’s console will struggle to match the longevity of Sony’s flagship machine. When asked what he made of Xbox boss Mattrick’s claim, Hirai …

It was your idea to bring the 80GB into PAL territories now. Why? We wanted to make sure we continued offering the value proposition to consumers in the true fashion of PlayStation. We heard a lot of responses from consumers basically saying 40GB was nice, but with a lot of …

Don Mattrick and Kaz Hirai’s forthright opinions on how their respective brands have fared at this year’s show indicate both their unswerving passion for the business and how the annual industry jamboree in LA has retained its status as the show that everybody wants to ‘win’. But it’s equally clear …