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Xbox’s quest to become the console of choice for families will be given a huge boost by becoming the first system to offer a library of 1,000 games this summer. That’s according to Xbox VP for Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Europe Chris Lewis, who this week told MCV that Xbox Live …

Samsung, Sony and Sharp are selling Blu-ray players for the highest prices all year, following what is generally considered the demise of rival format HD-DVD, according to a price comparison on Tom’s Hardware . Advocate vendors of Blu-ray dropped prices of players earlier this year, in a move which put …

A new Research and Markets report has forecast that the Mexican video games market could be worth as much as $1 billion by 2010. The review states that the Mexican video game industry is ‘exploding’ and ‘attracting major new marketing investment and luring global game publishers to establish local offices’. …

Brash Entertainment is to spearhead the convergence of film and gaming by releasing 40 blockbuster movie-based titles, all developed closely alongside their film counterparts. The growing company boasts intimate ties with Hollywood’s most prestigious movie studios – and has told MCV that gaming has become the talk of Tinseltown. There …

The campaign for a UK games production tax credit has spilt over the boundary of the industry – with one concerned consumer starting a petition aimed at Prime Minister Gordon Brown demanding he look into the possibility of implementing tax breaks for the games industry. To read the story in …

Tomorrow’s price drop on all three Xbox 360 SKUs will give the console the boost it needs to rule the next-gen battle this summer, Microsoft has told MCV. The platform holder has made a clear attempt to lure in famillies with the cuts, which see its Arcade model retail for …

Concerned consumers urged to lobby Prime Minister via campaign to drive awareness over commercial pressures on UK games industry

Free evaluation leads more than 50 studios to try engine

Tim Ingham, erstwhile deputy editor of print publication MCV, has been promoted to editor of the magazine’s online portal here at www.MCVUK.com. Ingham will hand the magazine’s deputy editor position over to Jonathon Harker, who joins MCV from his position as editor on Gem’s Future-In-Store magazine. MCV’s reputation for video …

Electronic Arts is targeting Take Two’s shareholders with a tender offer to acquire outstanding stock for $26 each – the price it offered the company in its buyout bid last month . The cash bid is worth $2 billion. According to the Wall Street Journal , ‘the move signals that …