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Codemasters has confirmed that the eagerly awaited follow-up to acclaimed 2008 release Race Driver: Grid will arrive on May 31st. Grid 2 will be published for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, and will challenge players with races set around the world. It will also incorporate Codemasters’ online network RaceNet, which …
Read More »The Hut Group sponsors MCV Awards 2013
Online retail empire The Hut Group is backing this year’s MCV Awards. The UK firm, which runs online outlets such as Zavvi and IWantOneOfThose.com, has signed up as Platinum Partner for the April 18th event. The awards are the perfect platform to showcase the hard work and talent that goes …
Read More »Persona 4 Golden "will shift Vitas"
Persona fans will snap up PlayStation Vitas next month to play the latest game in the RPG series, says publisher Reef. Persona 4 Golden launches in the UK on February 22nd, with Reef Entertainment on distribution duty. We expect Persona 4 Golden to top the Vita charts on release just …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Dixons hires Darlington, top vacancies
In MCV’s weeklyrundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, we Dixons hires a new assistant category manager and look at the best job opportunities. DARLINGTON JOINS DIXONS TEAMJoshua Darlington has joined Dixons Retail’s PC gaming peripherals and upgrades team as assistant category manager. He will be working primarily …
Read More »Average UK games salary falls to £29,358 – find out more in this week’s MCV
This week’s MCV – which isnow available to view online–reveals that the average games salary in the UK fell by almost 4,000 to just under 30,000. This figure comes from the results of our annual salary survey, which are printed in full and analysed in this week’s issue. We also …
Read More »Intergi partners with MCV Awards 2013
Online ad agency Intergi has signed up as sponsor for this year’s MCV Awards. The company has signed up as an Event Partner, and will be attending the April 18th event. Intergi is one of the fastest-growing companies of its kind and attributes some of this success to the UK …
Read More »Green Man Gaming signs up as MCV Awards 2013 Event Partner
UK-based online and digital retailer Green Man Gaming is sponsoring the MCV Awards 2013. The firm sells a range of downloadable PC games that can be traded in against future purposes, as well as a selection of boxed Xbox 360 and PS3 games. Green Man has signed up as Event …
Read More »Supermarkets to swoop for HMV stores?
Morrisons, Tesco and Sainsbury’s are reportedly eyeing HMV outlets as a potential way to expand their own store counts. Earlier this week, restructuring firm Hilco acquired 120m of HMV’s debt, giving it control of the company. However, reports suggest Hilco only wants half of HMV’s 230 stores, meaning up to …
Read More »ANALYSIS: The other next generation
Ouya. Project Shield. GameStick. These headline-grabbing devices lead the wave of new Android-based consoles due this year. These devices have plenty of hype behind them as consumers help fund some of them via Kickstarter. The Google-owned Android platform accounts for 75 per cent of the mobile market – but in …
Read More »Namco Bandai reports "huge demand" for Ni No Kuni
January might have been light on new releases, but Namco Bandai plans to kick off February with a bang when it releases Ni No Kuni. The Japanese RPG, a collaboration between acclaimed anime filmmakers Studio Ghibli and Professor Layton dev Level-5, has received strong reviews in the UK press over …
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