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The UK video games industry is filled with ambitious young talent who quickly establish themselves within the trade – but who are the most prominent rising stars? MCV profiles the brightest talent of 2011. Johnny ChiodiniAge: 23Video Producer, GameSpot UKChiodini produces the video content for GameSpot UK. Since joining back …
Read More »Iwata apologises for Nintendo’s poor financials
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has apologised to investors for the poor financials posted by the company yesterday. It reported a loss of 578m for the six months ending September 30th. I feel greatly accountable for missing our financial forecast for the half year ended September and revising downward our forecast …
Read More »Battlefield 3’s online activation causes headaches
It’s always the risk when a game ships with internet-required DRM. The launch of EA’s Battlefield 3 suffered a setback yesterday when the game’s use of DRM prevented many early adopters playing the title. Before gamers are able to access the title, it must first authenticate itself via EA’s Origin …
Read More »DC Universe Online gets F2P date
Sony Online Entertainment’s PS3 and PC MMO DC Universe Online will become a free-to-play title on November 1st. The studio announced that it was going to switch its title to the F2P model last month, but has only now finalised a date. New players joining under the F2P model will …
Read More »EA has shipped 10m Battlefield 3 units in one week
Over 10m units of DICE-developed military shooter Battlefield 3 have now been shipped worldwide, EA has announced. To get a sense of scale, worldwide mega-hit FIFA 12 has shipped just 8m units since its release at the end of September. The game’s predecessor Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has shipped 11m …
Read More »Losses grow but EA sales beat expectations
Publisher EA has published higher than anticipated sales numbers for its financial Q2 ending September 30th 2012. In total sales hit $1.03bn for the period – a 17 per cent year-on-year increase. Losses for the period also increased, however, hitting $340m. That’s a $139m year-on-year increase. The big successes of …
Read More »Stuart Galbraith quits Future for IGN
IGN Entertainment UK has confirmed the appointment of Stuart Galbraith as head of games, MCV can reveal. Galbraith joins from Future where he was most recently working as associate publisher for games and entertainment. He was working on titles including Official Xbox Magazine, Xbox World and SFX. Previous to that …
Read More »Lou Castle quits Zynga role
Zynga’s VP of studios, Lou Castle, has resigned from his position to join a casino games company based in Las Vegas. Castle departs from Zynga after only nine months on the job. He joined the Farmville company in February after his former company, InstantAction, buckled from financial pressures. He joins …
Read More »Watch the Grand Theft Auto V trailer RIGHT HERE
Seven days, three hours, four minutes and three seconds. That’s how long (at the time of writing) we’ve got to wait for the first ever look at Rockstar’s debut trailer for Grand Theft Auto V. The good news, however, is that all you have to do is bookmark this very …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid HD finally gets a UK release date
Konami has at last confirmed a concrete release date for the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection in the UK. The PS3 and Xbox 360 SKU will be released on February 3rd. The package will contain HD remakes of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake …
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