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Three High Street shops have been caught selling 18-rated video games depicting sex and violence to a 15-year-old girl in an undercover investigation by Which? magazine’s Computing desk. Woolworths, Game and Maplin all allowed the teenager to buy age-restricted games, showing ‘scenes of extreme brutality’, on the High Street. Six …

Zavvi, the entertainment retailer, is opening the doors on its first ever sale since the re-branding from Virgin Megastores in September 2007. The sale, available on the High Street and online, will see discounts on over 200,000 games and 600,000 CDs. We have created the best ever sale that entertainment …

Starting this week on the MCV Forum, MCV is going to be asking the games industry for its views on one big issue affecting the sector today; this week we want to know your thoughts about the current credit crunch. Does the nation’s tightening of belts mean that shops are …

Nintendo has updated its the full 2008 European software release schedule for DS. The list includes new Pokemon games under the Mystery Dungeon brand, which will hit stores on July 4th. The full DS rundown reads: JuneNinja Gaiden Dragon Sword (Ubisoft) 26th June 2008 FINAL FANTASY TACTICS ADVANCE 2: Grimoire …

S60, UIQ and MOAP united to create one open mobile software platform

Nintendo has revealed to MCV that Wario Land: The Shake Dimension will hit Europe on September 26th. The game is being developed by Japanese firm Good-feel, and marks the first release of a Wario Land title since 2001’s Wario Land 4. The Shake Dimension invites gamers to hold the Wii …

Nintendo has updated its the full 2008 European software schedule for Wii. The list includes Rock Band, Manhunt 2 and a new Wario adventure. The full rundown reads: JuneSuper Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) 27th June 2008 Bejing 2008 (SEGA) 27th June 2008 Big Beach Sports (THQ) 27th June 2008 Wacky …

Reliable news source Gamepolitics.com is reporting that US publisher Crave Entertainment is the latest games firm to withdraw its membership of the Entertainment Software Association. California-based Crave is behind titles such as World Championship Poker featuring Howard Lederer and Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection. While the company is …

Konami has announced that MGS: Guns Of The Patriots has sold a million copies in Europe since its release on June 12th – and that it has shipped many more SKUs to its retail partners. The firm also confirmed that 25,000 copies of the the Limited Edition were made available …

Paris GDC: Harmonix discusses lessons learnt from production of iPod game phase