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The ZeniMax studio empire has expanded once more with the firm acquiring French outfit Arkane Studios. Pete Hines, the vice president of Zenimax publisher Bethesda Softworks, announced the move last night at the annual Quakecon event in Dallas, Texas. Terms of the deal were not announced but it was said …
Read More »Bad Company 2 gets Ultimate Edition
The US arm of retailer Amazon has revealed an Ultimate Edition of EA’s Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which will include all of the content that has been released digitally since the game’s launch earlier this year. In the box is the original Limited Edition version of the game that includes …
Read More »NPD: July down one per cent
The US video games market suffered a slight one per cent year-on-year decrease in July, with a total value reaching $846.5m. Hardware sales – driven by a great performance from the Xbox 360 Slim – were up 12 per cent at $313.8m, though software sales fell eight per cent to …
Read More »2K confirms BioShock: Infinite
The game that has for some time been known as Project Icarus has finally been revealed – and it’s no less than a third instalment in the BioShock series. Named BioShock: Infinite, the new title will leave behind the setting enjoyed by the first game and its rather similar sequel …
Read More »Trade readies for Gamescom
This year’s Gamescom event will boast more exhibitors from more countries than ever before, the organisers have confirmed. Gamescom 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 …
Read More »Black Ops Prestige Edition impresses
Activision has at last revealed what treats await those willing to pay out for the Collector’s Edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops – and once again, it’s brilliant. Included in the box will be a RC-XD Surveillance Vehicle that includes a fully-functional remote camera that transmits a colour TFT …
Read More »Cales digital download experiment
In a frank interview with MCV, System 3 CEO Mark Cale has stated that the challenging nature of modern High Street retail is the driving force behind his new digital distribution experiment with upcoming racer Ferrari: The Race Experience. Last month MCV revealed that the game would be digital only …
Read More »INTERVIEW: System 3
The ongoing debate over digital distribution’s role in the future of games seems to have painted offering games for download as an either/or solution. You either go boxed or you go digital. System 3 is determined to dispel this notion. Starting in September, almost all of the publisher’s titles will …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Rising Star
How well does Rising Star’s Christmas line-up stand up compared to that of previous years? We strive to improve year-on-year, and I honestly believe that we have a stronger line-up this year than the last. Our autumn 2009 release schedule featured the same number of games that we’ll be releasing …
Read More »Forget the PSP Phone wheres the GameBoy phone?
As the (still completely unfounded) speculation about a possible PSP Phone continues to travel in circles around the internet, it has been alleged that Nintendo was at one point considering its own foray into the mobile phone sector. Pocket Gamer carries word from a development source” that in the early …
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