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Smart phones, social networks and other relatively low-entry gaming platforms have spawned a new wave of indie developers and fresh IP. Not since the late ‘70s and early ‘80s days of ‘back bedroom’ coding have so many flowers bloomed, or has it been so easy to get a gaming concept …

Don’t call David Rutter the man who fixed FIFA. He doesn’t like it. MCV found that out at EA’s Guildford office last month. I am just one small part of it,” he insists. We have a bunch of very clever people on the team.” He certainly doesn’t look like someone …

The creators of LittlBigPlanet will be interviewed by Phil Harrison at this month's event

After the jostling for podium positions at E3, OnLive has declared itself the fourth platform” – and predicted that it will soon be No.1 for core gaming. The cloud-based service, which launches in the UK this autumn, has been live in the US for almost a year. CEO Steve Perlman …

Worried that Aliens: Colonial Marines will be yet another shoddy licensed title? Fear not. Speaking to MCV, Sega West boss Mike Hayes has said that it recognises that if the game is to achieve the sort of global sales the company is aiming for it must be a top-quality product. …

Peter Driessen outlines the social gaming giantâ??s strategies for user engagement

Green Man Gaming occupies a unique position at the intersection of possibly the two hottest topics in the games industry – digital distribution and trade-ins. It couldn’t be more zeitgeisty if it dressed itself in a calendar and stripped off a layer every morning to reveal the new date. The …

There have been few transformations as dramatic as that experienced by Angry Birds. But how did Rovio do it? The person to ask is Rovio’s Peter Vesterbacka, the man who has pushed the franchise forward over the last year. His job title is ‘Mighty Eagle’. That humoured name actually means …

Ahead of this year’s Gamescom 2011 in August, the executive VP of organiser Koelnmesse has told MCV of his hopes for this year’s gathering. "With Gamescom 2010 we certainly reached a new level for a games and entertainment trade fair," Oliver Kuhrt stated. "This is confirmed by the overwhelming feedback …

For some time, GAME Group has been the first to admit that it needs to reclaim relevancy and up its game in terms of hi-tech retailing. Hence its unveiling of a new five-point plan two weeks ago that will overhaul the finer points of its GAME and Gamestation brands. Why …