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He saw three areas where Government could particularly work with the industry – technology, skills and regulation. But Lord Sainsbury explained that he felt it was not worth spending time at the Summit discussing tax breaks for the games industry. Almost all industries believed they could make a case for …

Building closer relationships with our R&D teams, and speaking to consumers on a more regular basis across all regions is critical, but this will not be at the expense of delivering to the market unique, innovative and entertaining experiences for which Capcom is synonymous. We’re also entering new genres and …

Quick-thinking retailers and consumers that moved to snap up the Xbox 360 console bundle available for just 33.24 have had their orders cancelled. As reported by MCV yesterday, the offer was available for a short time at the supermarket’s online retail site. Anyone that placed an order was sent the …

The Nintendo boys and girls love you so much that they’re offering three of you the chance to win a copy of one of the biggest games of the year, Super Mario Galaxy, just by answering the following, jaw-droppingly simple question: Which English footballing superstar has recently started playing for …

Marketing whiz Keely Brenner – who for many years became synonymous with the success of LucasArts’ Star Wars games – has returned to the UK industry with Disney Interactive Studios. Brenner left LucasArts earlier this year, after helping make Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy a mainstay in the …

The more positive among you may consider it to be a glowing endorsement of the unprecedented demand for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo consoles. Conversely, you may think of it as scandalous that the three biggest platform holders are already warning that there may be some consumers who are disappointed this …

Sony has confirmed that SingStar on PS3 will be released in the UK on December 7th. The company will promote the title via its MySpace site and through dedicated ‘Singstar Studio’ pods at the 02 arena in London. A wider European release will follow on December 12th. The news was …

Tesco has been selling an Xbox 360 hardware bundle including Forza Motorsport 2, Viva Pinata and a wireless control pad for 34.99. Tesco would not comment when contacted earlier – but Microsoft has told MCV that it believes it is an administrative error. Virgin and Woolworths were also rumoured to …

EA is all but guaranteed another Christmas number one this year according to both Ladbrokes and Paddy Power, with Need for Speed: Pro Street and FIFA ’08 leading the early betting. While Microsoft’s Halo 3, Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 and Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy are the closest competitors, it …

Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action and its Buzz-style ‘Big Button Controllers’ marks an important step into casual gaming for Microsoft and Xbox 360. Family rooms everywhere will be buzzing with the biggest stars and blockbusters from the silver screen as we launch Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action on Xbox 360” …