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The march of Ubisoft across the globe continues apace – the French publisher has today announced plans to open a studio in Brazil, the 20th of its studios around the world. Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the new development team Ubisoft’s first studio in South America. The studio will open …

GAME has responded to the Which? sting that revealed the retailer’s Harrow, Middlesex store sold an 18-rated game to a 15-year old girl. As reported on MCV earlier today, the consumer watchdog’s investigation revealed that Woolworths and Maplin stores in the area also sold the underage girl adult video games. …

What’s the basis of this suspicion? Well, one argument is that good stories simply can’t exist in video games, because their interactive nature goes against the linearity of plots in other mediums. Others claim that real gamers aren’t interested in their avatar’s journey—only in how many assailants they can kill. …

Firm's first South American studio, in Sao Paulo, will boast 'unique set of fresh talent' says studio head Burgess-Quémard

EA Sports will push its own peripherals into the market in the next 12 months – and announcements may even be ready in time for E3 in July. That’s according to EA Sports exec producer and VP David McCarthy. Speaking at Paris GDC today, McCarthy was asked by an attendee …

UK-based distributor Pinnacle Software is expanding its business to offer development teams a ‘third way’ to get their products to market – and removing the need for a traditional publisher. In tandem with its traditional business as a supplier, Pinnacle now offers studios funding, as well as marketing and manufacturing …

Never let it be said that Pinnacle MD Peter Sleeman has let his company stand still. Those who remember him introducing the concept of exclusive distribution – now a market standard – are well aware that the man at the top of one of the UK’s longest-running service providers will …

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 …