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Uncooked Media’s 360 Gamer magazine has seen a drop in circulation of 13.5 per cent year-on-year for the six months ending June 30th. Average readership for the three-weekly magazine fell to 14,288 from last year’s 16,527 according to latest ABC figures. However between July and December 2009 circulation rose briefly …

Traditional handheld games consoles are in decline with 1m fewer devices produced this year compared to 2009. The drop has been attributed to the rise in popularity of mobile phones equipped to play games and other forms of entertainment. Research shows handheld consoles will decline 2.5 per cent to 38.9m …

Buyers of Activision’s Wii remake of Goldeneye 007 will have the chance to grab a golden joystick of their own when it hits shelves later this year. The Goldeneye 007 Classic Edition comes bundled with a copy of the game and a gold Classic Controller Pro, as inspired by 1974 …

Disney has posted a $10m increase in profit for its Interactive arm in its fiscal year ending July 3rd. Games revenues rose 74 per cent to $197m – up from last year’s $113m, with Toy Story 3 and Split/Second: Velocity cited as the current quarter’s key releases. However Disney Interactive …

As the summer period draws to a close, are you tempted by a change in career? With a large number of job vacancies on the MCV jobs board, there’s never been a better time to think about moving up the ladder. Here are two featured jobs currently on MCV. The …

Online retailer ShopTo.net has released a downloadable app for iPhone users. The free app allows customers to browse games, check their orders, make pre-orders and buy new products. It also includes new game trailers, reviews and a forum with 40,000 other gamers. Users can even link the app to their …

Yoostar boss Greg Fischbach has told MCV he is looking for the industry’s ‘next Rod Cousens’. Games veteran Fischbach – who helped set up Activision Europe and Acclaim – is looking for an exec to head-up Yoostar’s new UK office. He said: We’re looking for a real generalist – a …

Ubisoft has become the No.2 publisher in UK and Europe as it announced game sales almost doubled year-on-year. The publisher now has a 9.5 per cent share of the games market in Europe and 11 per cent in the UK. Comparatively, in the US Ubisoft is No.4 publisher with a …

A standard edition of popular PS3 RPG Demon’s Souls has been confirmed by Namco Bandai, and will hit stores on August 20th. The publisher released the UK version of the game last month in limited numbers. It was only available as a ‘Black Phantom Edition’ with a CD soundtrack, art …

SCE has patented new stereoscopic screen sharing technology, making it possible for gamers to look at their own individual imagery on the same 3DTV. In theory this technology would prevent players from looking at their opponent’s moves when taking part in split-screen multiplayer games. It works by splitting the TV …