Mike Capps, the president of developer Epic, has admitted that its early 2011 release Bulletstorm has failed to make any money for the studio. The game’s actual sales figures were not revealed, though Capps told Kotaku that he remains faithful to Bulletstorm dev People Can Fly, saying: "The studio has …

Disney’s marketing efforts shift into top gear as Cars 2 arrives on shelves. We look at the campaign’s highlights: TV/CINEMAAds will be running throughout the summer on children’s TV and video-on-demand. Channels include Nick, Nick Toons, CiTV, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Pop and Kix. Game trailers will also be shown before …

With just over a month until the highly anticipated Deus Ex: Human Revolution arrives at UK retail, Square Enix has released an impressive live action promotional video for the game. It tells the tale of a future Earth where cybertronic augmentation has created a divided human race, leading to rioting …

Casual games firm PopCap has announced a global deal with Sony Ericsson to pre-load ‘Games by PopCap’ onto its Xperia mini and Xperia mini pro models. Puzzle game Chuzzle will be embedded in its entirety, while other popular games such as Plants vs. Zombies and Peggle will be included as …

Gamers can take control of horror movie icon Freddy Krueger in the latest piece of paid-for Mortal Kombat DLC. Owners of this year’s Mortal Kombat fighting game on either Xbox 360, PS3 or PC will be able to purchase and download Freddy on August 9th, according to IGN. The Nightmare …

MCV is launching a new website dedicated to the Pacific territories in October and it will be supported by a range of editorial email services. To sign up to receive these from day one, just email your name, company, job title, the country in which you’re based and the nature …

Cars is probably the closest thing Pixar has had to a critical flop. It isn’t, obviously. Its Rotten Tomatoes score of 74 per cent is far from awful, but seeing as all of its other 11 movies have scored over 90 per cent (Toy Story 1 and 2 managed 100 …

MCV’s 2010 expos on the frustrations retailers had with Valve’s Steam service was one of our most talked about stories last year. And it turns out that was just the tip of the iceberg.It’s no surprise to hear EA wants its own stake in downloads.Using a tentpole release for the …

Saints Row: The Third is on course to become THQ’s most pre-ordered title ever, the publisher has told MCV. Strong interest in the game has been driven largely by the Professor Genki pre-order campaign.Paying homage to madcap Japanese game shows, the Professor Genki’s Hyper Ordinary Pre-Order Pack gives users access …

Two factors are dovetailing to create growth in the pre-teen gaming market.Firstly, there is the traditional migration down the demographic that comes about as a generation of hardware enters its second, third and fourth years. Secondly, the popularity of the Wii plus the Move and Kinect peripherals mean that games …