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Mojang founder and Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has made an unusual decision about what to do with the dividends from his wildly successful game studio: give it to his employees. Last week, Persson announced on Twitter that he was giving the money to his co-workers, who according to him …
Read More »Angry Birds Land to open in Finland
Finland is not just the home of Angry Birds developers Rovio; soon it will also have its very own Angry Birds amusement park. The park will be a part of the Srkenniemi Adventure Park in Tampere, and is due to open on April 28th. Featured attractions will include rides, interactive …
Read More »Artplant creates Game of Thrones MMO
BigPoint has announced an upcoming Massive Multiplayer Online RPG based on the popular HBO-series Game of Thrones, with Norwegian studio Artplant on development duties. Artplant, best known in Norway for various games for children based on popular television shows, has expanded heavily in the last two years, and broke through …
Read More »EA goes Global in Sweden for Mass Effect 3 Space Edition
Bioware and EA hosted their own version of the Mass Effect 3 Space Edition event in Stockholm last night. After three days of puzzling together clues on gaming web site Gamereactor, fans gathered in front of the Stockholm Globe Arena for the final piece of the mystery late last night. …
Read More »Skyrim dominates the Gullstikka awards
Gullstikka, the awards show hosted by Norwegian distributors and publishers (NSM), celebrated the Norwegian games industry this evening, handing out awards to local and international games their developers. It came as no surprise that Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ended up as the night’s big winner, grabbing four prizes …
Read More »GAME summit WAS positive, insists suppliers
The recent developments at GAME flies in the face of a ‘successful’ supplier meeting last week. The event is subject to a strict NDA but MCV has been told that CEO Ian Shepherd delivered a ‘brave and compelling’ speech, leaving 100 execs with a plan on how they can help …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Joshua Howard, Microsoft Flight
MCV grills executive producer Joshua Howard about Microsoft Flight’s free-to-play model and why third-party publishers are not allowed to be a part of it, as the game launches today. Previously, publishers like Just Flight and First Class Simulations have produced paid-for expansions for Flight Simulator games, but the new free-to-play …
Read More »Square Enix planning Indian office
Japanese publisher Square Enix is looking to establish a presence in India. Andriasang reports that the company is looking to hire staffers to open the new office. Requirements include a knowledge of the local market and the ability to speak ‘native level’ Hindi as well as conversational English and Japanese. …
Read More »MCV’s 20-page trade guide to PlayStation Vita is available now
We have put together a special magazine all about PlayStation Vita – and the 20-page guide is now available to download, read in your web browser or access via iPad. The in-depth look at Sony’s handheld – due to hit UK shelves on February 22nd – includes everything you need …
Read More »Games TV ads: The top ten publishers of 2011
We reveal the top ten games publishers which had the most watched TV advertising campaigns last year. Nintendo faced little opposition as it graced our screens every week of 2011. It advertised almost three times as many campaigns as second-placed Ubisoft, with each campaign on average achieving 235 TVRs. One …
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