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Mamma Mia – here they go again. Ubisoft has just confirmed it’s added an Abba dancing game to its roster of licensed music titles. The Wii game titled Abba: You Can Dance will be out in time for Christmas, MCV can reveal. Although it doesn’t have a firm release date …
Read More »Six Ubisoft games heading to Vita
GAMESCOM: Assassin’s Creed, Rayman Origins and Michael Jackson: The Experience are just some of the big games Ubisoft has planned for PS Vita. The publisher will also release Lumines, Asphalt and Dungeon Hunter Alliance for the device, as well as a number of new IP not yet revealed. PlayStation Vita …
Read More »Smurfs Facebook game hits 4m users
Ubisoft’s The Smurfs & Co has become the fastest-growing Facebook game in the past two weeks, picking up 4.1m monthly active users. The town-building adventure game went live on July 29th and is currently the No.1 licence-based social game in the world, according to AppData. The Smurfs & Co will …
Read More »Kingdoms of Amalur out February
GAMESCOM: An excitable Ken Rolsten announced that EA’s action RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will hit UK shelves on February 10th 2012. The veteran game designer enthusiastically led attendees to EA’s Gamescom 2011 press conference through the game’s features. These include a fast-paced addictive combat system,” variety of attacks and …
Read More »Old Republic gets first live demo
GAMESCOM: Attendees at Gamescom 2011 were treated to the first live gameplay demo of Star Wars: The Old Republic. A team of eight players were hooked up online and took part in a large player-versus-environment mission in EA’s upcoming PC MMORPG. The first big operation in the game was showcased …
Read More »FIFA Street returns
GAMESCOM: EA Sports is bringing its stylish football series back with a brand new game out early next year, boasting Football Club functionality. The publisher showed off the title at its Gamescom press conference in Cologne this afternoon. The game will be produced by the EA Sports’ football development team …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Min-Liang Tan, Razer
MCV speaks to Min-Liang Tan, CEO and Creative Director of peripherals specialist Razer, about the company’s newest products Tell us about the Razer Mouse Bungee. Why update this accessory? The Mouse Bungee was a very handy gaming accessory 15 years ago and still is. Many gaming mice are still wired …
Read More »Revamp for big Irish games chain
Ireland’s leading entertainment rental and retail chain Xtra-vision is back from the brink with new funding. The retailer’s parent firm Birchall Investments has agreed to provide up to €8m to open new stores, relocate others and fund digital initiatives. Xtra-vision was under examinership between April 29th and July 29th – …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Felix Bradshaw, 7Sixty
Publisher SouthPeak Interactive is battling the retail market decline by setting up digital firm 7sixty. General manager Felix Bradshaw tells MCV about striking the balance between downloads and boxed sales: Why establish a digital download publishing label? Over the past few years, I think the industry has seen a massive …
Read More »Brand Map: Football games
Time to start gearing up for the latest annual Q4 football game showdown between Electronic Arts and Konami.FIFA 12 versus Pro Evolution Soccer 2012. It seems that despite treading on each other’s toes, there are some clear differentiations growing between these two old rivals. In developing the Brand Maps GameVision …
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