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UK games industry charity GamesAid will hold a charity pool tournament on September 1st. The tournament is being sponsored by European manufacturing specialists OK Media. It will be held at the Hurricane Rooms, Kings Cross and kicks off 6pm. Entry to the competition costs 20 per person. Players will need …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Warner’s sales vacancy, Aikins joins Sony
In MCV’s latest rundown of the industry’s hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, Warner is looking for a new sales manager, THQ’s John Aikins heads to Sony and GAME hires a Knight. NEW SALES JOB AT WARNERWarner Bros Interactive Entertainment is hiring a new manager of sales analysis for the …
Read More »GAMESCOM: Did you miss anything?
The sun has set on another Gamescom, with only the consumer days left to go, but did you keep up with the week’s announcements? No? Well, fear not. Below, MCV provides a complete round-up of all the news to emerge from Gamescom over the past few days. SONYSony: Vita will …
Read More »GAME declassifies exclusive Modern Warfare 3 Intel Pack
Any consumers who pre-order the hotly anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 from GAME will receive an exclusive Classified Intel Pack. GAME will be handing over these special packs along with 360, PS3 and PC copies of the game when it is released on November 8th. Modern Warfare 3 …
Read More »Xenoblade suffers stock shortages
The long-awaited cult JPRG Xenoblade Chronicles has finally arrived in the UK today, but consumers might not be able to get their hands on it just yet. Online retailer ShopTo.net has confirmed to MCV that the game is suffering from stock shortages after a surge of last-minute demand has exceeded …
Read More »Skylanders takes Activison to ‘unexpected’ territory
Forget video games, Activision is well on its way to establishing a foothold in the toy sector. The firm is talking to retailers and media it has never spoken to before in a bid to ensure Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure is a hit. The game is almost a reboot for the …
Read More »New management at Atari
Online publisher Atari has hired new additions to its management team as it continues to establish itself in the mobile and casual space. Owais Farooqui joins from social games firm King.com as senior vice president of digital publishing, accoridng to TouchArcade. Meanwhile, Maria Pacheco takes up the role of vice …
Read More »Full tracklist revealed for Now game
Tubby Games has delved into the catalogue of hits from EMI, one of the world’s leading record labels, for its first release, Now! That’s What I Call Music: The Game. The new games publisher has used its partnership with EMI to create a tracklist that features chart-toppers such as Lady …
Read More »Mac App Store gets GTA Trilogy
Rockstar Games will launch the GTA III-era trilogy on the Mac App Store over the next three weeks. Grand Theft Auto III, the first game from the previous generation of critically acclaimed crime sims, is available now. The game was originally released in 2001 and pioneered the action sandbox genre. …
Read More »We Sing delivers the best of British
Nordic Games has released the full tracklist for its latest Wii music game, We Sing UK Hits. The karaoke title features songs from some of the biggest artists in Britain’s history and will be released on September 30th. There is a total of 40 tracks on offer, comprising a mixture …
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