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MTV Games has confirmed that appointment of David Walker as its new international sales director of the international sales team. Walker, who was most recently at CDV before the company was forced to close, is an industry veteran of 15 years whose former employers include 505 Games and Atari. He …

Publisher Ubisoft has detailed what consumers will find in the box of the Collector’s Edition of upcoming action title Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. Destructoid reports that the SKU will include the game, two exclusive single-player maps, a physical map of the in-game world, art book, a making-of DVD, soundtrack and a …

Google is said to have acquired social games group Jambool in what is widely believed to be part of a covert operation to become a serious Facebook rival. The search engine giant has acquired the San Francisco-based company in a deal worth up to $75 million, claims a TechCrunch report. …

Not for the first time, THQ has pointed the finger at the tough competitive window” for causing the lower then expected sales of recent release UFC Undisputed 2010. THQ suffered a $30.1m loss in its last financial quarter. UFC was named as one of the reasons for this slip. Although …

Facebook is racing to find a star games industry exec that will broker deals with publishers and development studios. The social networking giant – which recently clocked over 500 million individual active users – wants to make major deals with external studios and publishers, in a bid to bolster the …

Microsoft’s European head of Game Studios Peter Molyneux has urged people not to judge Kinect by its early software and instead wait until developers have had the chance to truly get to grips with the device. We can do core games with it, we can do totally immersive games,” Molyneux …

If pictures obtained by Joystiq are accurate it appears as if Microsoft is to release a second hardware bundle alongside the arrival of Kinect later this year. The site reports that the SKU will include a 250GB variant of the console – complete with high-end glossy finish – as well …

Developer Blizzard has told MCV that the work it has put into refining its online network Battle.net is part of the reason that recent release Starcraft II has proved so resistant to piracy. For World of Warcraft we have been able to work well around the piracy issue and we …

The Metroid franchise makes a dramatic return next month and is backed by a substantial marketing spend. Nintendo is preparing extensive promotions to ensure the upcoming Wii title Metroid: Other M matches the success of its acclaimed predecessors when it hits shelves on September 3rd. The build-up to the game’s …

505 will once again host the drinks reception at the Games Media Awards – this year theming the pre-awards bash around its forthcoming Grease game. The publisher has been a long-term supporter of the event, which annually recognises the best in specialist and mainstream games media, in print and online. …