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Warner Bros believes that its first assault on the UK software market since being reborn as a European publisher will have a memorable impact on the pre-Christmas chart. The firm unleashes a duo of Looney Tunes titles for the Wii and Nintendo DS formats next month, in the shape of …

New cross-platform game lets players share content between PC and mobile

The UK games industry’s young guns are set to battle it out as MCV brings you its annual compilation of the top 30 hot shots under 30. While regional heads and managing directors regularly feel the warm embrace of limelight, the achievements and exertions of the industry’s younger execs working …

UK body that banned Manhunt 2 says Wiimote's interactivity didn't influence decision against the game

Just like every year at the MCV Industry Excellence Awards, various people involved in the organisation of the GMA s were pinned against walls and asked to explain why X, Y or Z didn’t win. It’s pretty simple: because people voted for who they thought was best. This outcry at …

GAMERS WITH a keen eye for a bargain have been snapping up the cut-price 60GB PS3 Value Pack in their droves – leaving the 40GB SKU with an 11 per cent cut of PS3 hardware sales. ChartTrack revealed the enormous gulf between the two offerings to MCV this week as …

Reserve the date in your diaries – it seems the UK has finally come up with a retail-focused trade show that can fill the gaping hole left by the ‘old’ E3’s demise. GamePlan aims to bring together UK publishing and retail over two days on 29th– 30th May 2008 at …

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The most high-profile marketing stunt the UK games industry has ever seen is set to boost the London Games Festival next week. Electronic Arts will be taking over Trafalgar Square for three days next week with its Be The One fest, giving gamers the opportunity to play its current and …

Shigeru Miyamoto, director and general manager of Nintendo, was last night awarded The Economist’s Innovation Award for Consumer Goods The ceremony took place at the Science Museum in London. The awards themselves were selected by an independent judging panel of industry experts. No one is more identified with modern video …