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Handset giant Nokia is accelerating its efficiency drive in light of current economic conditions with job cuts in its Devices and Markets units, Corporate Development Office and Global Support Division. The plans will affect approximately 1,700 Nokia employees globally. The company says it will start consultations with employee representatives about …
Read More »Molyneux: We destroyed the Fable 1 team
MCV’s sister mag Develop recently sat down with Peter Molyneux to talk about the mistakes he’s made as studio head of Lionhead – and, most importantly, how he’s learnt some important lessons and turned the studio around. "If I’m honest, on Fable we just burnt people’s lives; we destroyed the …
Read More »Google to unveil gaming push?
Leading internet search form Google is to host a games-centric press gathering at GDC next week, though the details of what will or will not be on show remain deliberately vague. Invites for the event seem to focus on games-related themes for iGoogle. More interestingly, however, it also states: We …
Read More »House of the Dead breaks swearing world record
House of the Dead: Overkill has won itself the prestigious honour of being officially crowned the most swear word filled game ever released, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The game contains the word ‘f*ck’ a total of 189 times – in fact, the F word accounts for …
Read More »SPIL: Theres no such thing as too much free content
SPIL Games CCO Sidney Mock has told MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz that the high number of free casual games available to gamers online does not jeopardise the paid-for model. The most important thing is that you have to make it very clear to the user that they get added value …
Read More »Marvel distances itself from publishing rumours
With the likes of Disney, Warner and Paramount making increasingly bold strides into the games space, many had pegged Marvel as the next entertainment giant to follow suit – but the famed comic publisher has now distanced itself from the talk. There are different types of games we could do, …
Read More »Ninja Gaiden II heading to PS3
A remake of Tecmo and Team Ninja’s previously Xbox 360 only Ninja Gaiden II is to be released as a download on Sony’s PSN. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 will once again by developed by Team Ninja, Kotaku reports, though of course it will not be developed by now departed former …
Read More »Casual is key to PS3’s growth
Alex Evans, the co-founder of LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule, believes that any gamers interested in buying a PS3 have already done so – and that if Sony wishes to grow the console’s user base it has to transfer the casual success it saw on PS2. To read the full story, …
Read More »Retail losing out on Lost and the Damned
Electronic Entertainment Design and Research analyst Jesse Divnich has stated that the firm believes that online sales of GTA IV expansion The Lost and the Damned have bettered retail sales by a ratio of six-to-one. Though Rockstar has not yet released firm sales figures for The Lost and The Damned, …
Read More »Nintendo dates Q2 UK releases
Platform holder Nintendo has dated its key releases for the upcoming Q2 at retail, which include the launch of both the black and white variants of its DSi on April 3rd. Alongside the key software titles, Nintendo Points, the virtual currency used to purchase software from the Virtual Console and …
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