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The manager of the England football team Fabio Capello has banned his players from playing video games whilst on training duty. Capello, who saw his team beat Switzerland 2-1 in his debut game last night, has put an outright ban on the ‘PlayStation culture’ that he saw as plaguing the …

2K Games is to bring the latest in the Duke Nukem series to the global market – but is still without a release date for the title. The company will publish Duke Nukem Forever on ‘multiple formats’ according to developer 3D Realms – most likely to include both PS3 and …

Gordon Brown’s mug is in stark contrast. There’s the Pillsbury Doughboy chin, for a start. And that moistened, sloppy mini-stroke of a mouth, which looks as if it demands a sodium chloride gobstopper just to stop it dribbling on the PM’s size nines. Why the sudden obsession with the visages …

A Whitehall leak to Scotland On Sunday last week suggested that Brown was ready to introduce an aggressive ‘crackdown’ on violent video games in the wake of the Byron Review, which will recommend the introduction of BBFC ratings for all software titles when it is published next month. Brown’s choice …

GHOSTBUSTERS PUBLISHER: Vivendi/Sierra RELEASED: Autumn FORMAT: DS/Wii/PS2/PC/PS3/360 Gamers have long dreamed of having the chance to destroy the StayPuft Marshmallow man, or tear after Slimer in a hushed hotel ever since the release of Ivan Reitman’s classic action comedy back in 1984. Now, thanks to the chaps and chapesses at …

Roberts returns to the industry to head up pan-European operations for the publisher, which is looking to establish itself as one of the trade’s rising stars. It’s a really exciting time for me to be joining D3P,” he said. It’s a great company with major ambitions and a great team. …

The entertainment giant headed by Sumner Redstone is owner of MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and Dreamworks Studios. Annual group revenues are over $11 billion. MCV understands that Viacom has made an offer of $23 a share for the games company behind blockbusters such as Grand Theft Auto and Bioshock. Last …

Developed at EA LA studios, the new title will be a family-friendly title offering ‘action-packed interactive activities’, and will be released on Wii in May this year. "I am a gamer myself, and I really wanted to create a video game that I could play with my kids," said Steven …

In an interview with IGN , Peter Moore has revealed that new boxing title Facebreaker is to be the first of many more titles from EA Sports which will be aimed at the casual gamer. There will be more announcements that will be, if you will, licensed intellectual property that …

January is out of the way and the industry’s employees are back in the swing of things. But having traversed the post-Christmas blues, are you tempted to take a job elsewhere? If you’re after a change of environment, more money or new colleagues, Mcvuk.com is the destination you need. Whenever …