From now until the end of February, Microsoft is giving away ten free games with the various Xbox 360 Kinect bundles available in India. That ten-game figure is a little misleading though, as it includes games that are already part of the bundle as well as a code for Fruit …

This week’s MCV isnow available to view online – and it boasts our huge review of the year where we discuss the seven games that defined 2012. We also analyse the November sales data, pick the 25 Gadgets to stock this Christmas and reveal the full state of the UK …

The UK’s leading retailer Tesco has reported its strongest Christmas in the UK for three years. Like-for-like sales were up 1.8 per cent in the six weeks ending January 5th. Online food sales were the star, climbing 18 per cent. It’s a fantastic turnaround for the supermarket, having reported a …

MCVasks UK games industry experts about why 2013 will be much, much better than 2012. Christoph HartmannPresident, 2K2013 is set to be an exciting one for me personally, and for 2K. We kick off the year with the release of the eagerly anticipated BioShock Infinite in March. We can also …

PC peripheral firm Razer has at last detailed its gaming tablet, which is now going under the name of ‘Edge’. It was first revealed a year ago under the name Project Fiona. The high-end device will run Windows 8. At the heart of it is a standard tablet that can …

Global games retailer GameStop has fared better than the overall games market by posting a sales drop of just 4.6 per cent for the nine weeks ending December 29th. Global sales for the period were $2.88bn. Like-for-like sales fell 4.4 per cent, with the US declining 3.5 per cent and …

I vividly remember the first time I experienced PS2. I’d just returned from a six-month stint in Sri Lanka where I had been doing voluntary work. While the urban squalor of Colombo and the isolation of the Sri Lankan jungle were great for many things, keeping abreast of development in …

Telltale Games CEO Dan Connors has revealed the studio’s episodic adventure hit The Walking Dead wrapped up the last two months of 2012 with its biggest sales push yet. Connors told the Wall Street Journal that the developing series has sold 8.5m episodes since launching last year. November and December …

In MCV’s weeklyrundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, former Activision UK MD Andrew Brown returns temporarily to the role and we look at the hottest job opportunities. BROWN HEADS UP ACTIVISION UK AS HEPWORTH DEPARTS Activision’s former UK managing director Andrew Brown has taken back his UK …

We are barely a week into the New Year and once again there is much talk about HMV’s financial troubles. The firm recently warned that it may breach lending agreements this month, and has been in constant talks with suppliers, banks and lenders over Christmas. And in what is becoming …