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The studio behind Too Human and X-Men Destiny has verified that a significant portion of its workforce has been let go. Silicon Knights’ CFO Mike Mays said that 45 employees have been laid off, with just under 40 workers remaining, according to the Financial Post. This is slightly better than …

Electronic Arts flanks UK High Streets today as Battlefield 3 rumbles onto shelves. The blockbuster FPS is the newest outing in the long-running DICE-developed series and the publisher’s major bid against market leader Call of Duty. More than 10m units have been shipped worldwide in one week. Meanwhile, Microsoft follows …

PC-focused site Rock, Paper, Shotgun took home the accolade of best Games Blog from last night’s Games Media Awards. The hugely popular blog was launched in 2007 and enjoys a monthly readership of more than 1m users. It was founded by industry veterans Kieron Gillen, Jim Rossignol, John Walker and …

Warner Bros has teamed up with Harrods to create a special Harry Potter store, coinciding nicely with the launch of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7. The temporary concession opened earlier this week and will remain until the end of January 2012.It will sell a wide variety of Harry Potter products, …

There will be no escaping Mario & Sonic this Christmas as Sega ramps up its TV ad push. The publisher has prepared its biggest ever TV spend for the upcoming London 2012 Olympic Games title, which will be released for Wii on November 18th. The bulk of ads will run …

Forget FIFA – Sports Interactive’s Miles Jacobson directs one of the most consistently excellent football videogame franchises: Football Manager. He tells MCV how his team keeps the series fresh every year… How has Football Manager changed over the years? The ethos behind the franchise hasn’t changed but we’ve realised as …

Two new Batman-themed Xbox 360 bundles are now available from Gem Distribution – the first of several new SKUs due this Christmas. The distributor is working with leading third-party publishers, such as Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, to bolster its Xbox offering in the run-up to the holidays. And these bundles …

MCV has teamed up with THQ to give retailers the chance to win copies of the publisher’s biggest upcoming titles. We have five copies of Saints Row: The Third and five copies of WWE ’12 to be giving away, both of which are due for release next month. For your …

The caped crusader swoops onto the High Street today with the arrival of Warner Bros’ Batman: Arkham City. The critically acclaimed sequel to the phenomenal Arkham Asylum sees the dark knight battling with some of his most deadly enemies in an open-world prison, with appearances from Hugo Strange, Mr Freeze, …

There’s no denying that the video games industry has faced tough times in Britain but things are certainly nowhere nearas bleak some would have you think. MCV highlights some of our nation’s recent triumphs… HALF OF THE UK POPULATION ARE GAMERS We’ve known for years that gaming is not confined …