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TV, audio and video peripherals specialist Vogel’s will launch its first PS3 accessory in the UK. TwistDock – a unique PS3 stand – is being released in the UK, courtesy of Realtime Distribution. Vogel’s product picked up the RetailVision Europe 2010 Award in the Best Accessory category. It holds the …

An internal company communication that has been leaked online has outlined the true extent of the trouble at Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia. Just a few years ago the company appeared to be an untouchable force leading the mobile phone market. However, following the smartphone boom Nokia has found itself …

In what can only be described as one of the worst corporate Twitter faux pas’ of recent times, comedy PlayStation executive-come-marketing character Kevin Butler has accidentally tweeted the PS3’s root key to his 70,000 followers. The root key is the piece of code that has opened the door to PS3 …

Media firm Future has reported a significant increase in online ad revenue for the quarter ending December 31st 2010. Digital now accounts for 32 per cent of the company’s total ad revenue, which is up an impressive 25 per cent compared to the same quarter the year before. Future’s UK …

The arrival of Killzone 3 on February 25th marks a big step forward for traditional console gaming and motion controllers. In fact, Guerilla Games believes that it could be the beginning of a new future for the first person shooter genre. "I think, as this develops, in a few years …

EA’s upcoming console shooter Bulletstorm – which is coming under an increasing level of media scrutiny – has been granted a release in Germany, though the game has had to undergo heavy content cuts to satisfy regulators. It will carry a USK 18+ certificate and will not include the blood, …

Further talk of a Kinect-specific version of Microsoft’s Gears of War has appeared online overnight. Kotaku is carrying an image (which you can see below) of what it claims is an older concept demo for the game, which is said to currently be in development for the console. Specifics on …

Leading UK games retailer GAME has announced a new agreement with Microsoft that will see the retailer selling digital Xbox 360 content in-store, MCV can reveal. The hope is that millions of customers who don’t have access to credit cards or have limited online functionality will now have an avenue …

Take-Two has posted better than expected results for the fiscal quarter ending December 31st 2010, with net profit up seven per cent year-on-year to $40.8m. Net revenue for the period was down seven per cent at $334.3m – though this is ahead of the $300m prediction. Year-to-date revenue stands at …

MCV’s more than happy to poke fun at some of the silly reporting about video games in the mainstream press, but there are times when ignorance of the sector can stray into dangerous territory. And video games coverage rarely gets scarier than this. Clearly not wanting to beat around the …