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Nintendo has broken more records in Australia – as the DS reaches 1.5 million sales, with the Wii following on 750,000 units. According to GameSpot, the DS reached its milestone in 194 weeks, while the Wii took 102 weeks. Both devices broke the record for fastest-selling console to reach 1.5 …

Midway is in danger of being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange after failing to meet the standard share price for continued listing. The firm has admitted its failure over maintaining a minimum average closing price of $1 per share over 30 consecutive trading days. Company stock was 25 …

With Soul Calibur IV and Smash Bros. both topping the charts this year, Midway is confident Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe can make it a hat trick of comebacks for the beat ‘em up genre. The latest Mortal Kombat hits retail today (November 21st), and brand manager Mark Cook says …

MCV has named its ‘fantasy publisher’ – featuring the names of all of the people we’d handpick to work for us… should money, loyalty and reality not be any obstacle. Part one is our global line-up, headed up by Ken Kutaragi, which you can read here. This is followed by …

Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King sold 2.8 million copies within 24 hours, the publisher revealed. Wrath of the Lich King beat sales for last year’s WoW expansion The Burning Crusade, which managed 2.4 millions sales in 24 hours in January. Blizzard CEO and co-founder Mike Morhaime …

General Manager: David Yarnton, NintendoFor the top, we go Down Under. With all Nintendo’s recent success, cynicism dictates that it should be easy to sneer at their UK boss. However, Yarnton’s infective cheer, enviable experience and hugely respected standing ensures this would never happen; all qualities we’d adore having at …

European MD: Chris Deering (Codemasters)If Ken Kutaragi (our worldwide chairman) is the global ‘Father of PlayStation’, then Chris Deering is most certainly its cool uncle. It’s little wonder we picked him as an MCV Legend. Put simply, PSOne and PS2 share an installed base of over 40 million in PAL …

Chairman: Ken KutargiA surprising choice? Get out of it. Who better to take the reigns of our entire operation than the true ‘father’ of the most successful series of consoles in history? Just on the software side, this is a man who oversaw the biggest boom in Sony’s first-party games, …

We’d like to let you know that you can read the November 21st issue of MCV magazine online – simply point your browser here and turn the pages . As an alternative, you can still download a Print Edition PDF from our website. To access and download this file, please …

GameStop CFO David W. Carlson has revealed that company doesn’t expect to meet demand with Wii stock this Christmas – and that standout title Wii Fit is in very, very short supply”. Speaking in the company’s Q3 earnings call (a full transcript of which you can find here), Carlson also …