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Ubisoft is bringing Beyond Good & Evil HD to the High Street as part of a new digital triple pack. The publisher’s Xbox Live Hits Collection features the acclaimed Michel Ancel adventure, as well as popular 2011 XBLA hits From Dust and Outland. Now if all that sounds familiar, it’s …
Read More »UK CHARTS: London 2012 still ahead of the competition
Sega takes a second Gold media at UK retail as its official Olympics tie-in holds onto the No.1 spot of the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. The sports game enjoyed a 88 per cent rise is sales as Olympic fever sweeps Britain, while its Mario & Sonic sister title …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: SCE UK restructures, top jobs
InMCV’s weekly round-up of the latest personnel news and hottest job opportunities, Nintendo names its new UK marketing boss and we look at the best job opportunities available. SCE UK restructures with Pannell Murray Pannell has been named as the new SCE UK marketing director. Pannell (far left) departed Ubisoft …
Read More »Hitman Sniper Challenge: Retail league now open
Time’s up for our media assassins – now it’s your turn, retailers. MCV and Square Enix is looking for the UK games industry’s deadliest assassin with our Hitman Sniper Challenge competition. The best performers each month will win a 16Gb Wi-Fi iPad 2 and a 10" Agent 47 statue. The …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet to debut on Vita in September
Sackboy’s latest outing will be released for PlayStation Vita next month. Sony will release LittleBigPlanet Vita in Europe on September 19th, arriving in the US a few days later on September 25th, according to VG247. The game will make full use of Vita’s control systems, from the front and rear …
Read More »Games industry cyclists to bike back from Gamescom for charity
After a week in Cologne, most of us prefer the shortest journey home possible, but ten games industry execs will take a more scenic route. Representatives of NCsoft, Indigo Pearl, Get Games, PlayStation Network, Future Publishing, Steel Series and Kalypso Media will cycle home from Cologne to Brighton straight after …
Read More »IGN promotes Keen and Kilby
International growth for IGN has led to promotions for two long-serving employees. Rich Keen has been promoted from marketing director to international publishing director.Meanwhile, Dan Kilby is now project manager of publishing. Their promotions follow IGN’s recent launches in foreign markets, including the creation of IGN Asia Pacific and IGN …
Read More »Final Modern Warfare 3 DLC dated
Activision has released details on the last batches of extra content for last year’s best-selling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Two more Content Collections will be released in August and September. Each will be made available on Xbox 360 first, with PS3 and PC versions following a few weeks …
Read More »Rome II will be ‘Total War’s Saving Private Ryan’
The Creative Assembly wants the next Total War to be more than just a strategy game – it wants to create Spielberg levels of drama. The developer promised Total War: Rome II will feature more units on screen at any one time fighting across more detailed environments and terrain. And …
Read More »INTERNATIONAL FACTFILE: Bulgaria
Bulgaria’s video games market dates back to some of the earliest consoles, with local retailer and distributor Transfer Group starting out in 1990. However, the nation’s size means that the potential audience for video games is extremely concentrated, limiting the number of opportunities for newcomers. Bulgaria is a small European …
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