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Activision has resurrected the fine tradition that is the Call of Duty Prestige Edition. For those not familiar with the SKUs, Prestige’s include both a premium price and a premium goodie. Previous years have offered night vision goggles (Modern Warfare 2) and a remote control car with video camera (Black …
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The cost of including multiplayer in Spec Ops: The Line
Spec Ops: The Line – a critical success and a commercial disappointment. It has a Metacritic score of 75 per cent, but that has to be considered in a wider context. Few titles have pushed the games press to think so hard, and few have dared to tackle a genre …
Read More »IN BRIEF: What’s Happened Today? (August 28th 2012)
So that claim from OnLive that Steve Perlman was to remain as CEO then? Yeah, that was a lie. But he’s not the only boss out of the door – the bad news continues at shmup specialist Cave, whose CEO and president has also jumped ship. And let’s not even …
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Read More »Cave CEO steps down
Grim outlook for shmup studio as Ito Masahito follows COO Miko Watanabe out the door
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All of September we will be offering advice and insight from recruiters, agencies and the people with the hottest jobs in the trade. MCV will be publishing a series of articles featuring advice on job hunting, career development and hiring new staff all next month. Our Jobs In Games special, …
Read More »Cave CEO and president steps down as outlook darkens for shmup studio
The president and CEO of Japanese developer Cave has resigned his position. Ito Masahito, who will be replaced as president by chairman of the board Kenichi Takano, becomes the second high-profile executive to quit the firm this year following the departure of COO Miko Watanabe in May. It marks a …
Read More »Take-Two stands firm on pricing; Borderlands 2 remains Rs 2,499
While game prices are going up all around, Take-Two has stood firm to retain the Rs 2,499 price for its upcoming release Borderlands 2. The Rs 2,499 price point has been the industry standard for console games in India this generation, but prices have been going up of late. The …
Read More »Lollipop Chainsaw is Grasshopper’s best selling game
The latest release from inventive Japanese studio Grasshopper Manufacture has proved its most successful – but it’s not all good news. The studio’s CEO Yoshimi Yasuda has revealed that 2012 title Lollipop Chainsaw has become its most successful title ever, with global shipments having passed the 700,000 mark, Andriasang reports. …
Read More »Answers needed to solve UK games crisis
Just what is going wrong amongst UK games retailers? A number of senior trade execs have told MCV the market slump has left them perplexed – compounded by a seeming reluctance from some corners of retail to do anything about it. In the last few week’s MCV has reported on …
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