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Developer Rare has told MCV that it is "hopeful" of creating an FPS for new Xbox platform Project Natal. The firm, best known for its work on GoldenEye, Banjo-Kazooie and Perfect Dark told MCV that it is focused on Natal – which it saw as a "great opportunity". Right now …
Read More »Shoot to thrill
The first person shooter is one of the world’s most popular video game genres, with the likes of Halo and Call of Duty dominating the charts. Christopher Dring investigates the sector and talks to the experts on the past, present and future of the FPS… Believe it or not, the …
Read More »Warner Bros names new Spain boss
Warner Bros Entertainment UK president and MD Josh Berger is to expand his role to include Spain on December 1st. Berger will work with the local executives of the various Warner Bros. business units in the territory. These include games arm Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment – as well as Warner …
Read More »Modern Warfare 2 already pirated?
Activision Blizzard’s Modern Warfare 2 has been illegally downloaded over a week before release, according to blogs dedicated to the game. In devastating news for retail, one online source reports the that game has already been ripped for modded or ‘flashed’ Xbox 360 owners – and is available for illegal …
Read More »‘Games rehab’ centre opens in UK
The UK’s first rehab centre for gaming addiction has swung open its doors. Broadway Lodge, a residential rehabilitation unit in Weston-super-Mare, treats around 400 addicts a year for a range of issues including, drink, drugs and gambling – but has now added gaming to the list of vices that it …
Read More »Are music games ripping off artists?
Could the video games industry be exploiting musicians; left with little option than to sell their wares super-cheap due to pressures from piracy? That’s the question posed by a Channel 4 News report today, which reveals that a sale of a music game featuring a musician’s track earns them just …
Read More »Five new games sites hit market
Publisher Kikizo has unveiled four new consumer games websites and has re-branded its flagship portal: VideoGamesDaily.com. Kikizo will remain the name of the network of websites, and a new corporate site has been launched at Kikizo.biz. The four new consumer sites include FPSgamer.com, which is aimed at shooter fanatics; Videogametv.com, …
Read More »MCV unveils hottest young games execs
The 2009 edition of MCV’s 30 Under 30, our guide to the UK games industry’s hottest young talents, is published today. Available to read here online, here in our in-browser digital edition, or as part of our weekly PDF download, the guide is the definitive list of the UK execs …
Read More »30 Under 30 – 2009
Want to know who the trade’s hottest new talents are? Look no further. In this feature, MCV provides a guide – alphabetically, by surname – to some of the brightest young guns in the sector. 2009’s MCV 30 Under 30 is sponsored by OPM Recruitment, the leading specialist recruitment consultancy in …
Read More »New UK 360 bundles revealed
UK distributior Gem is readying two new Xbox 360 Elite bundles, MCV can reveal. The new bundles have been put together with Paramount Pictures to support the upcoming releases of Star Trek and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen on DVD. However the packs don’t include the movies on DVD – …
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