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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has spoken of his concern over EA’s hostile acquisition bid for Take Two – particularly the mega-publisher’s potential sports potfolio. If EA’s tender offer allows it to take over Take Two, it would own the successful – and critically lauded – 2K Sports range, alongside its …

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has predicted that the slowing economy will put pressure on console manaufacturers to lower the price of their machines. He said that the rising cost of living could render 200-plus hardware a thing of the past, as consumers tightened their belts. Speaking to Reuters, Kotick said: …

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos contributes to Flash game site

Epic president to shed light on Gears of War 2's development

Capcom has confirmed that Okami is to arrive on European shores on Friday June 13th. The Zelda-inspired critically-acclaimed adventure originated on PlayStation 2, and has been ported to Wii with new controls and 480p widescreen mode. It was released in the US on April 15th to favourable reviews (Metacritic rating …

Intent Media, publisher of Develop and MCV, launches CasualGaming.biz

Series C funding round to fund 'major strategic change'?

Atari Inc is set to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Infogrames, buying up the remainder of the US firm’s stock for $11 million. Infogrames is currently the US company’s largest stockholder, and originally made an offer to fully purchase the business in early March. Atari Inc then asked to extend …

MCV has learnt that Xbox 360 took the lion’s share of day-one sales of GTA IV – taking 55 per cent of the total 609,000 units that were sold in 24 hours. ChartTrack data shows 335,000 copies were sold on Microsoft’s machine – a new record for the console, beating …

Data obtained by MCV from official UK industry monitor ChartTrack shows that Rockstar’s GTA IV has become the fastest selling game ever in a 24 hour period. The figures – based on EPoS sales data and estimated retail transactions – show that total online and High Street sales for the …