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A bold new publisher owned by developers is to be run by Andy Payne. He will step away from his day-to-day duties at Mastertronic to lead the outfit currently called ‘The Games Consortium’. The Consortium is designed to build an operation for UK developers to publish their games digitally, and …
Read More »Microsoft caught stealing Google data
Google unveiled the results of a sting operation which shows that Microsoft have been capturing Google search results and placing them into the competing Bing search engine. The issue relates to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and the Bing Toolbar which apparently passes search queries and visited web pages to Microsoft servers …
Read More »Grainger than Fiction
The team now move at such a clip that in the last two weeks they oversaw the opening of four new outlets. These are phenomenal numbers. At a time when Grainger’s nearest and only rival is closing stores, you have to stop and ask: how do they do it? Cynics …
Read More »NGP: Sony outlines handheld games vision in Tokyo
It’s taken some time, but Sony this morning finally stepped up its game in the handheld space. At a special event in Tokyo, SCE president Kaz Hirai unveiled a new strategy that sees the format-holder embrace the evolving world of mobile content. For the time being, the PSP2 is being …
Read More »Industry invited to Livingstone-Hope report launch
All those involved with the UK games industry have been invited to attend next week’s presentation of the Livingstone-Hope report. The skills review for the video games and visual effects sectors, based on input from the industries, along with universities and schools, promises to deliver a significant analysis of how …
Read More »Murder on the shopfloor
It’s a question being asked up and down the chain of command at the likes of HMV and GAME, their rivals and their partners. In post-Christmas trading updates, both of the former announced less-than-stellar results. Sure, there were signs of genuine resilience, but also spots of genuine weakness. The alarm …
Read More »MCV Awards: Guide to lobbying
The MCV Industry Excellence Awards returns on Thursday, April 7th. It’s the ninth year for the awards, and as ever we continue to move the event forward, with improvements to the 19 prizes on offer, specifically with regards to the digital frontier. New awards include Digital Retail Innovation, Best Use …
Read More »MCV Awards evolve as digital rises
Three new accolades recognising the market’s move towards digital content have been added to April’s MCV Awards. And today lobbying opens for the 2011 event, so you can be considered as a finalist. Click here to read our guide to the awards and lobbying. Digital Retail Innovation, Best Use of …
Read More »3DS LAUNCH: US launch date confirmed
The 3DS will launch at retail outlets across America from March 27th, Nintendo has confirmed. Shoppers will have to part with $249 for the innovative handheld, which has around thirty games set for release at launch window. In the UK the price is varied, though a listing on HMV’s website …
Read More »Two leaps in Amsterdam
MCV understands that the next-gen PSP will be on sale by the end of the year. It has been shown to some third parties and is winning fans already. Retail and third party licensees will welcome news of a new PSP for Christmas – especially an impressive console that offers …
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