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While the MCV team is handling the official liveblog of tonight’s awards, we’re also tracking all the Twitter chat. Anything using the hashtag #MCVawards will show up below, including tweets from this morning. So use the tag to take part and get seen.

Tonight’s MCV Awards promise to the usual evening of fun, networking, drinks and celebration for attendees. And now you can experience all the action via our liveblog. Hosted below, it goes live at 6pm and features commentary, pics and updates on the winners direct from The Brewery, our venue for …

THQ’s UFC fitness game is due in June, the firm has confirmed. Today the publisher has announced the game officially for the first time – although it actually told investors (and therefore the media) the game was coming back at E3 2010 in June.UFC Personal Trainer: The Ultimate Fitness System …

GameStop plans to enter the fast-growing tablet computer market – and may even build its own games-oriented one. The word from the retailer comes a week after it bought two games download technology firms – Spawn Labs and Stardock’s Impulse – in a bid to grow its stake in the …

The tragic earthquakes and natural disasters that hit Japan last month haven’t necessarily slowed Sony’s production capacity. Earlier this week, SCEA boss Jack Tretton said that damage to one Sony Japan manufacturing plant could mean that parts production for the NGP handheld specifically could be delayed. But last night an …

EA CEO John Riccitiello says that the November marketing battle between Call of Duty and Battlefield will cost hundreds of millions as dollars. He made the prediction while outlining how this year, EA is hoping to dethrone rival Activision’s bestselling CoD franchise. EA’s Battlefield 3 launches in November – around …

Ray Maguire has left Sony. The SCEE senior VP and UK MD has departed after 17 years at the firm. He has been at the Sony games unit since PlayStation began, with his role evolving over time to include responsibility over the Irish, Nordic, Benelux and the Mediterranean regions. Having …

This Facebook push may come through its Irish Jolt Online business, courtesy of a strategic move masterminded from the HQ in Texas. But a football management game? You couldn’t find anything more suited to a core set of British consumers. By focusing on digital content instead of the High Street, …

Nintendo has declared itself happy with the 3DS’ opening weekend sales of 113,000, even though the figure falls some way short of pre-launch expectations. Last week the firm announced that pre-orders alone stood at 140,000 and most pundits were pitching their sell-through estimates at between 150,000 to 200,000. It would …

Just hours after we revealed GameStop was launching new Facebook games, the firm has further underlined its commitment to digital gaming. It has acquired streaming games technology firm Spawn Labs, and also entered an agreement to purchase digital distributor Impulse, a subsidiary of US developer Stardock Systems. The move reinforces …