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Best known to gamers as being the sole carrier of Apple’s iPhone in North America, AT&T has revealed a number of ambitious gaming initiatives designed to propel it to the forefront of the games sector. The bigger picture is for AT&T to create a unified and tethered gaming experience that …

The Government has heralded a new future for UK video games classification – with PEGI becoming the sole age ratings model in the region. Here’s a run down of all of the coverage on MCV to date: PEGI wins government backingGovernment’s new games classification model reduces BBFC’s powers as pan-European …

Baroness Shephard, president of the Video Standards Council, believes that today’s decision from the government to give PEGI the sole power to rate the UK’s video games has made the nation’s kids that bit safer. The Government has today taken a major step to improve child safety, online and offline, …

The British Board of Film Classification has publicly wished rival ratings body PEGI well after the latter organisation was given official public backing as part of the government’s Digital Britain report – but director David Cooke still believes his outfit would have been the better choice. The BBFC has always …

Established European ratings body PEGI has understandably spoken of its confidence in the role it will now play in policing the nation’s gaming habits following the official government backing sanctioned as part of the Digital Britain report. This decision by the British government to adopt PEGI as the single ratings …

A new study from research firm In-Stat has claimed that games consoles will become the primary conduit for delivering internet television and videos to user’s TVs by 2013, bypassing media-centre PCs in the process. The research claims that 29 per cent of American 29-34 year olds already use consoles to …

The UK’s largest dedicated games retailer GAME has assured investors that its performance to date in 2009 is in-line with its expectations. In the period between February 1st and June 13th the GAME Group opened 23 new stores brining its total outlet base to 1,365 across ten countries and across …

Blockbuster is finally extending its rental range to include DS and Wii titles, MCV can reveal. The entertainment specialist has been offering Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 games for rent for some time, but has now extended this to Nintendo platforms. Members of Blockbuster can expect to pay as little …

Koch Media has appointed Juliana Foley as trade marketing and purchasing manager. Foley returns to the games industry following successful stints at EUK, Eidos, The Learning Company and THE Games/Nintendo. She is part of a trio of new staff who have been recruited to help the company expand its presence …

The demise of Pinnacle Software hasn’t slowed some of its former senior management – two of its staff have already formed a new publishing outfit. P2 Games is formed by Peter Sleeman and Gerry Whiteside and will focus on DS, Wii, PC and digital download games. Previously the two had …