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Have you lobbied for an MCV Award yet? If not, you’ve got just under a week to let us know why you or your company should be considered for a finalist spot in this year’s MCV Industry Excellence Awards. The MCV Awards take place at The Brewery, London on Thursday …
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DSGi aims for rights issue boost
DSGi is preparing for a rights issue, a process in which share holders are encouraged to buy new shares, which could raise it hundreds of millions of pounds. Apparently, the final decision whether to go ahead will not be made until it has concluded discussions regarding the sale of some …
Read More »Activision to join the Wii family revolution
Publisher Activision Blizzard has launched a new label of Wii family games dubbed Fun4All, with the drive kicking off next week with six Wii exclusives hitting retail. The range includes Pirates: Hunt for Blackbeard’s Booty, Monkey Mischief, Block Party, Pitfall: The Big Adventure, Little League World Series Baseball and World …
Read More »WH Smith to ditch games… but will anyone notice?
The ghost of EUK is still haunting the High Street – with WH Smith this week telling MCV that it is to ditch entertainment products – but it seems there have never been more opportunities for games companies to take advantage of new routes to market. WH Smith, one of …
Read More »Q&A: Nintendo President Satoru Iwata
It’s a great, incisive Q&A that no other site seems keen to directly acknowledge, ‘forgetting’ to add links and provide an official connection to, and has already sparked a number of headlines. Nintendo has kindly put the whole transcript online – you can read it here – but the MCV …
Read More »Iwata: Expect a higher price point for DSi
Nintendo chief Satoru Iwata has confirmed that the DSi is still on course to launch in Europe and America in the next six months – but has added that the device will cost more than its predecessor the DS Lite. The DSi is the third iteration of Nintendo’s dual screen …
Read More »Virtua Tennis 2009 takes to the court
Sega has announced that Virtua Tennis 2009 will be released on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC in May. The game will feature real-world tennis stars such as Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams. And, for the first time, British number one and world number three Andy Murray …
Read More »Three new colours for PSP-3000
Three new colour variations of Sony’s recently redesigned PSP are to hit UK retail over this month and next, SCEE has announced. Later this month the PSP-3000 will be made available in both Mystic Silver and Pearl White, whilst an additional Radiant Red model will be launched some time in …
Read More »Zavvi redundancies top 1,000
The administrator of Zavvi today announced the immediate closure of a further 17 UK stores, with 242 employees made redundant. MCV understands that brings the total number of people laid off since the firm went into administration to 1,137. Administrator Ernst & Young said it ‘continues to work closely with …
Read More »Q&A: D.I.C.E Summitâ??s Joseph Olin â?? Part One
With the D.I.C.E Summit all set to run from February 17th to 20th, Develop spoke with Joseph Olin, president of organisers The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, about the conference, which offers something quite distinct from its rivals.
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