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Jordan Weisman forms new team, snaps up rights to Shadowrun, Crimson Skies and MechWarrior

Figures for the first week of Christmas retail have been released, and have shown that footfall only increased by 0.01 per cent year-on-year. However, looking at week-on-week figures, the number of shoppers increased by 11.2 per cent, signalling that many people had begun their Christmas shopping. For the full story …

Having originally promising to do so longer ago than MCV can remember, Nintendo’s pledge to allow gamers to swap their Stars Catalogue points for spendable Virtual Console currency has finally been realised with the relaunch of the Nintendo Europe website . Though the star-swapping page is down at the moment, …

Following the release of its 2008 Q1 and Q2 release schedule yesterday which contained no mention of highly anticipated multiplayer romp Super Smash Bros Brawl, Nintendo has said that its dates have not yet been ‘fixed or finalised’. However, in an effort not to worry its fans the platform holder …

Developer gets licence to distribute games on Sonyâ??s network

Following the closure of Microsoft first-party developer FASA last September, former head Jordan Weisman has founded a new studio entitled Smith & Tinker, and has secured the rights to former FASA titles Crimson Skies, Shadowrun and MechWarrior from Microsoft. "We’re not quite ready to announce our plans for each property, …

Game music concert to run alongside next yearâ??s conference

European Game Development Federation members demand cultural acknowledgment from EU politicians

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Developer to make mobile casino for online gambling site