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Gamestation has revealed that its current head of marketing Jon Brook will be leaving the retailer in September, with Emma Kitching and Anna Downing promoted to head of marketing and senior marketing manager respectively. Kitching joined Gamestation from Northern Foods and has gained three years of experience within the firm’s …
Read More »Home is on track, says Reeves
Sony’s much-hyped Home project is on track and an announcement is on its way, SCEE president David Reeves has told MCV. Speaking in the aftermath of Sony’s big Leipzig Games Convention conference, he said: There is no new news, and it’s completely on track. The closed beta has just ended …
Read More »ITN launches games channel
ITN’s multimedia division, ITN On, has launched a games-focused programme on social networking site Bebo. Game On is the first video gaming channel to launch on Bebo and is available to the social networks 45 million users worldwide as of today. The company claims: ‘Bebo users can log on to …
Read More »Leipzig enjoys record numbers
The organisers of Leipizg Games Convention have confirmed that the show drew in a record 203,000 attendees last week – and have vowed to return with the show next year. The future of the Convention is now up in the air, as German publisher body the BIU backs a new …
Read More »Dead Space rated 18
EA’s upcoming horror shooter Dead Space has been rated 18 by the British Board Of Film Classification. The body revealed that the ‘linear elements within the work had a running time (e.g. cut scenes) of 55m 23s’. Dead Space is due for release on October 31st in Europe, on Xbox …
Read More »Gears Of War 2 bonus disc confirmed
Gears Of War 2 will come with a bonus disc, featuring a documentary about the making of the game and character profiles. That’s according to a new posting on the BBFC site, in which Microsoft is granted an 18 rating for the extra content. According to the body, ‘the linear …
Read More »Batman and Beyond
Why so excited by LEGO Batman? JS: It’s the best LEGO game we’ve ever made. We’re all fans of the DC Universe and a LEGO Gotham City is the perfect playground for LEGO game fun. It’s full of great action, vehicles and characters – all of which are of the …
Read More »COMPETITION: Win copies of Mushroom Men
MCV has teamed up with a very generous Gamecock to giveaway copies of the publishers’ upcoming Mushroom Men games. Two lucky readers will get their hands on a copy of Mushroom Men: Rise Of The Funghi on DS or Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars On Wii – as well as …
Read More »‘Can Sony and Microsoft resist more hardware tweaks?’
The attitude of both platform holders towards their hardware this generation has been changeable, to say the least – the trade has barely seen more than six months go by without a tweak to either PS3 and Xbox 360’s price or specification, causing logistical troubles for retailers with potentially ‘dead’ …
Read More »Game Outlet becomes publisher
Game Outlet Europe, perhaps best known for its pallet-based distribution business, has revealed plans to diversify its business with a brand new publishing arm, Nordic Games. With a launch plan targeting the budget and mid-priced market, the publisher will evolve beyond that as part of a longer-term strategy, according to …
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