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Konami has described its upcoming title Silent Hill: Shattered Memories as a landmark entry in the survival horror series. The game is due for release on Wii, PS2 and PSP on February 5th, making it the publisher’s first major release of 2010. Early reviews for Shattered Memories have been very …

2009 is nearly at an end and with it comes the end of the games industry’s most successful ever decade. While each year brings with it a myriad of titles to be won for bragging rights, the Christmas Number One crown remains one of the most coveted. So what better …

In the first of a series of features looking back on the last ten years in the video games industry, Michael French raids the MCV archives to chronicle the arrival of the ‘Noughties’… Head over to the features section for more.

Expansive casual games provider Oberon Media has been hit with what is speculated to be a large number of layoffs, with former COO Don Ryan having confirmed his departure and that he intends to open his own New York based venture. The full story is over at CasualGaming.biz.

To celebrate our final issue of 2009 Activision UK boss Andrew Brown has stepped up to the plate as one-off guest editor of MCV magazine. The past ten years have been exciting, aspirational – and surprising,” he writes in our blog section. Other surprises that this decade has brought? The …

Play.com will sell video game downloads in the near future, the firm has told MCV. The online retail giant already offers music downloads, and will add books, movies and games to that line-up – but the company wouldn’t give a launch date for the new service. Downloads will be the …

Toy maker Hasbro is to sue publisher Atari following claims that the video game company violated its licensing agreement for Hasbro’s Dungeons & Dragons game series. Hasbro said Atari may have violated its licensing agreement when it sold its European business distribution arm to Japanese game maker Namco Bandi in …

Sales for the UK video games software market grew by 13 per cent this week to 3.4 million units, driving the sector’s value up by 11 per cent to 77.3 million. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 totted up a fifth consecutive week at the top of the charts, unaffected …

Microsoft has invested significant money and time to ensure its upcoming motion controller Natal is as accomplished as its host console, yet suspected lag issues” may curb the peripheral’s chances of success. That was the view offered by Traveller’s Tales company director Jon Burton, who told Develop that his own …

Having previously been banned from release by the famously strict Australian Classification Board, Sega has now confirmed that its Aliens vs Predator will be granted a MA15+ certificate and an uncut retail release in the territory. It is with great pleasure that we announce the success of our appeal,” Sega …