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Giant publisher Electronic Arts has great expectations for its upcoming innovative title Spore, comparing its long term potential with the ever-popular Sims series. The DS, PC and Mac title, set for release on Friday September 5th, comes from the man behind The Sims, Will Wright, and gives players a similar …

Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter has said that this year’s E3 is ‘virtually useless’ for the retail and investor sectors it has previously served so well. Speaking to The Street.com, Pachter said: "The conference used to offer retail, media and investors an early look at games and an opportunity to speak …

Sales of DS titles are suffering due to the rise in popularity and availability of R4 ‘piracy’ Cards, MCV can reveal. The R4, along with similar devices such as the M3, N5 and TT, allow users to download games illegally and play them on a DS. And the cards can …

Massive demand and good returns point to huge opportunity for game devs working on Appleâ??s new 3G handset

"A company spokesperson is promising fixes for the multitude of problems in Star Wars Galaxies that have plagued the MMORPG for the last five years. â??This time you can trust us,â? said SOE director Constance Phuckup, citing the companyâ??s extensive experience in dealing with glitchey, poorly implmented, unbalanced MMOs."

MCV has handily compiled a list of what you can expect at this year’s E3 – with a look at the games expected from each publisher. If you fancy taking a peek at what we think is around the corner, you can read part one of our exclusive feature here …

SEGA Given Sega’s impressive franchise base, we could see any number of retro revivals at E3. With new entries in the series including Golden Axe, Samba De Amigo and Sonic already confirmed, expect more info on those. Sega fans would love more House of the Dead, Streets of Rage and …

E3 2007. Let’s be honest, it lacked a certain something. A slimmed down bastard child of its former glorious excesses, last year’s Electronics Entertainment Expo may have provided the business networking opportunities its smaller number of attendees craved – but it was without the event’s hallmark abundance of euphoria. Gone …

Sony Computer Entertainment’s vice president of distributor markets Chris Stanton-Jones has told MCV that publishers risk missing out on making a killing in emerging markets if they don’t start investing now. Having identified key ‘hot markets’ including Russia, India, the Balkans and Poland, Stanton-Jones revealed several eyebrow-raising facts about emerging …

The MCV and Xbox 360 Games 5’s football tournament returns on Friday, August 1st – and if you want to know whose group you’re in be sure to pick up tomorrow’s MCV Magazine or check back at MCVUK.com. The full list of ten groups will be unveiled, featuring the likes …