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Circuit City has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but the firm has promised to continue trading over the Christmas period with the assistance of a $1.1 billion debtor-in-possession revolving credit facility. Making the announced, vice chairman and acting president and chief executive of Circuit City, James Marcum said: "We …
Read More »Apple remote to get motion-sensor
As Apple continues to cement its position as a serious contender to the likes of Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft in the games space, it has emerged that the company has filed a new patent for an Apple remote control that bears more than a passing resemblance to Nintendo’s own Wii …
Read More »Casual gaming to kill consoles
Digital marketing site ClickZ has made a bold claim about the future of gaming by claiming that the games console is heading to extinction thanks to the rise of casual gaming. The site reads: We are watching the icon of gaming, the console, quickly and ungraciously bow to the internet. …
Read More »MotorStorm dev lashes out at rendered video critics
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift’s lead designer Nigel Kershaw has lashed out at those who criticise games for failing to match the video quality seen in pre-release video renders. "The end result might not look like the render that you did. Who gives a shit?" he ranted. "But it’s this thing that …
Read More »FFVII Snowboarding heading to mobile
Japanese publishing powerhouse Square Enix has gone to every effort to make the most of its cherished Final Fantasy VII franchise in recent years, and none are more leftfield than the recently announced Final Fantasy VII: Snowboarding. To read more, head over to MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »Copyright infringing content chopped from LittleBigPlanet and Guitar Hero
Whilst the rise to prominence of user-generated content is undoubtedly a good thing for gamers, it’s a litigation nightmare for publishers – so it’s no surprise to see both Sony and Activision-Blizzard moving swiftly to eradicate any potentially copyright infringing user content from its servers. Kotaku reports that some LittleBigPlanet …
Read More »EVE Online FPS in the works?
CCP, the developer of popular online PC space adventure series EVE Online has hinted that an FPS based on the franchise is in the works – and could be heading to consoles. Eurogamer reports that in a recent press briefing CCP bosses Hilmar Petursson and Nathan Richardsson spoke of a …
Read More »Rockstar unsure if GTA IV DLC will arrive this year
Rockstar’s co-founder and creative VP Dan Houser has said that he’s unable to commit to a 2008 release date for the hotly anticipated exclusive Xbox 360 Grand Theft Auto IV downloadable content. Speaking to Variety, Houser stated: It’s going well, but we don’t know a date. We hope to be …
Read More »EA’s DRM battle heads to court
Electronic Arts is to face legal action over its controversial use of SecuROM digital rights management software in many of its recent PC titles. SecuROM became a heated talking point following its use on EA’s recent PC hit Spore, mostly owing to the fact that it limited users to installing …
Read More »Ross and Brand game arrives
Looks like we spoke too soon – just hours after reporting our disappointment that trucker-hating Jeremy Clarkson had not yet been joined by a flash title based on the antics of BBC workmates Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand, a faithful reader of MCV has pointed out that it has! To …
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