The new flagship Blackberry Z10 seems to be in danger of turning into a commercial disaster. The Wall Street Journal has word from two separate reports that paint a tremendously worrying picture for the handset. The Z10 launched in various territories between January and March of this year. A report …

New HMV owner Hilco will cut a further 400 jobs at the entertainment retailer, according to reports. The Times says that Hilco is targeting a net saving of 7.8m from HMV’s payroll. An internal staff memo has suggested that store security guards will be dropped from nearly all stores other …

Many UK and American players were left unable to log into Xbox Live over the weekend. "We are still hard at work fixing the issue members are having signing in to Xbox Live,” a statement read. Rest assured we have every available resource working on fixing the problem." It also …

In MCV’s weekly roundup of the latest personnel news and hottest job opportunities, Asda hires a new games boss and we look at the best vacancies. AMAZON HIRES ASDA’S LOCKEAsda Direct’s trading director Frazer Locke has joined Amazon as its new head of games. Locke’s role at Asda is now …

Namco Bandai’s free-to-play spin off for the Tekken series has been downloaded for smartphones and tablets more than 1m times. Tekken Card Tournament was released on iOS and Android last week and passed the 1m milestone after just four days on release. It is also available to play in web …

Ridge Racer is going free-to-play. The follow-up to last year’s Ridge Racer: Unbounded is going the micro-transactions route, allowing players to get into the action for free, with the option (or compulsion) of paying for cars, boosters, repairs, etc. "At Namco Bandai Games, we are committed to embracing new business …

So what of the next 25 years? Since The Producers first opened its doors, the Mastertronic Group has gathered a very loyal team. For MD?Andy Payne, it is these people that will keep the company on track for the next quarter of a century. I’m not sure I can guarantee …

A new Ridge Racer has been announced – although it’s probably not the game you expected. It’s called Ridge Racer Driftopia and, crucially, will be free-to-play on both PS3 and PC. It’s due out some time later this year. The game is being developed by Flatout’s Bugbear Entertainment. As you …

Mastertronic has worked with virtually every major games firm and executive in the world. Andy Payne offers his thanks to some of the Group’s most important partners and friends Listed below are just some of the people who have been supporters of The Producers, Just Flight, Get Games, Sold Out …

1988 was an important year. The Iran-Iraq War ended. The English Pound Note ceased to be legal tender, and laws are changed to allow pubs to stay open all day. Bruce Willis dropped Alan Rickman off a building in Die Hard. Jessie J was born. And in Wimbledon, three men …