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A listing on the site of retailer Play.com has pointed to a 199.99 RRP for Nintendo’s next handheld, the 3DS. As spotted by CVG, though the main page for the device doesn’t carry a price, if a user continues to browse the site the 3DS shows up in their ‘Recently …

This year’s Gamescom event will boast more exhibitors from more countries than ever before. Gamescom 2010 kicks off on Wednesday August 18th at Koelnmesse in Cologne, Germany. MCV will be offering unprecedented coverage of the event and is operating an MCV News Zone throughout the show, with updates and trade …

To read the print version of the guide either print out this PDF or head over to Yudu to view the digital edition of MCV. Cologne’s Gamescom trade and consumer expo is back next week, after its hugely successful 2009 debut. It all kicks off from August 18th – but …

Publisher THQ has lifted the lid on a brand new entry in the Red Faction series – and it won’t be heading to retail. Called Red Faction: Battlegrounds, it will be released exclusively on Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. In March of this year core games vie president …

Having already enjoyed success with its GAME app, retailer GAME Group has gone live with a Gamestation app for iPhone and iPod Touch. The download gives users the ability browse through the chain’s top selling games, search for titles or even pre-order games. Screen shots, user reviews and trailers are …

The reliance of traditional publishers on bricks and mortar business has left them powerless to fend off the advances of the growing advances of the social and browser game sector, according to Zattikka CEO Tim Chaney. They can’t do so much; they are bricks and mortar businesses that need retail,” …

Right now, social media, mobile and browser publishers are attracting most attention, and all the investment dollars. Amongst these is the Brit outfit Zattikka, which recently gained a $5.5m injection to become a global force. Next up, it wants acquisitions and up to another $100m in its war-chest. The ambition …

Rupert Murdoch’s US news agency Fox News has become the first to openly explore the morality involved in allowing users to play as the Taliban in EA’s modern war shooter Medal of Honor. Speaking on Fox & Friends, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq six years ago claimed …

Disney Interactive this morning can lay claim to its first ever title to claim the top spot three times in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track Top 40 – licensed movie outing Toy Story 3. It does so despite a 17 per cent drop in sales. So far this year only three …

Release dates have been announced for what could be two of 2011’s biggest titles – Crysis 2 and Rage. EA has announced that Crytek’s technically impressive console FPS Crysis 2, which was recently delayed from its autumn 2010 release window, will now be released in Europe on March 25th. It …