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LittleBigPlanet Game of the Year edition will finally reach UK shores this month. The game will be available from Friday, April 16th and includes the full LittleBigPlanet game, all Metal Gear Solid packs, a selection of non-licensed DLC and 15 exclusive levels. MCV discovered the SKU last year, but the …

Sega emerged victorious at last night’s MCV/Xbox 360 Quiz, fending off competition from Gamespot and GAME. A mixture of retailers, media, peripheral firms and publishers gathered at London’s Sway Bar to battle to be the biggest brains in games, and win some pretty spectacular prizes, including Xbox 360 Elites and …

Nordic Games is offering up 50 copies of We Sing for one lucky retailer – that’s 2,000 worth of stock. All you have to do to be in with a shout is send a picture of you, your staff, your customers or any combination thereof using We Sing in your …

Backbench MP Keith Vaz – better known within the industry for his frequent outbursts on violent games – has changed, says leading politicians. The revelation came during ELSPA’s Question Time on Monday night. Labour’s Tom Watson, Conservatives’ Ed Vaizey and Lib Dem’s Don Foster were asked about the attitude of …

The video games industry must advertise PEGI once it comes into law, says child psychologist Tanya Byron. The author of the 2008 Byron review, which challenged the games industry to establish a single system for games age ratings, congratulated the sector on a job well done in her new report. …

In my 2008 report I made recommendations to help parents make informed decisions about which video games are appropriate for their children. Since then there has been significant progress, including: – Work to establish a clearer system for the age classification of video games– Robust legislation, which makes it possible …

Best Buy will finally enter the UK this May with a new store in Thurrock, Essex. The US retail giant was originally due to open in the UK last year, but delayed the openings to wait for better sites. Further Best Buy stores will open in Hedge End (Southampton) and …

Nordic Games is offering up 50 copies of We Sing for one lucky retailer. All you have to do to be in with a shout is send a picture of you, your staff, your customers or any combination thereof using We Sing in your store. The dafter the better, obviously. …

The online version of our MCV Awards supplement is now live and can be found here. Over 60 companies are in the running for the hotly contested awards, and our indispensable guide tells you who they are and what they have achieved. The print version of the guide was published …

Entertainment giant HMV has teamed up with Orange to form a mobile download portal. HMV Mobile Games will launch next week, and represents the retailer’s continued growth in the games market. The service can be access from any network and on over 1,000 Java enabled handsets. 400 games will be …