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"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 …

Games publisher Activision – which is set to become a huge force in games once its merger with Vivendi Games is complete – has launched a new publishing label specifically for the Nintendo Wii. Called Wee 1st, Activision said the move was designed to grow its portfolio of Wii games …

Microsoft has given a fresh lick of paint to its official home for Xbox 360 online – Xbox.com . The site contains much the same info as before, covering current titles, upcoming games, Xbox Live, hardware, forums and support. There’s also a dedicated E3 page, fronted by Xbox Live guru …

Alongside talk of a new motion-sensing Xbox 360 joypad, another near certainty for E3 appears to be an announcement from Nintendo of a Wii version of its hugely popular Animal Crossing series. VG247 reports that the personal blog of Nintendo Official Magazine staffer Tom East carried a post stating that: …

Sony DADC has acquired Entertainment Network Scandinavia. The move strengthens Sony DADC’s position in in the Nordic region, with ENS boasting a 16,000 square metre distribution centre which ships over 30m units each year. Acquiring ENS also further expands Sony DADC’s entertainment service offering in Scandinavia, which cover everything from …