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January 2012

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Jan 31 16:27 MCV Awards: Last week for lobbying  
  15:31 FEATURE: Does gaming need 3D? 1
  15:27 Jurassic Park extinct on Xbox 360  
  15:21 John Lewis eyes more special games shops  
  14:18 Miyamoto: Nintendo needs new big hit  
  14:06 Activision reveals first Online Pass  
  12:37 Trade-in your 3DS and get Vita for £99.99  
  11:43 THQ threatened with Nasdaq delisting  
  10:54 Nintendo IS planning digital overhaul  
  10:49 Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney penning video game soundtrack  
  10:14 Cave retreating from shooters? (Bullet) Hell no!  
  09:49 FPS Man vs Machine sets 999 player record 1
  09:30 SSX Online Pass doesn't lock out multiplayer  
  09:00 Now Microsoft denies new hardware for E3  
  08:50 Playfish GM Earner quits  
Jan 30 15:48 Daily Mail "fabricated" zombie gamer story  
  15:18 Rovio: Piracy has its benefits  
  14:45 Free Apple TV for PCR Retail Boot Camp attendees  
  14:26 INTERVIEW: Jo Twist, UKIE  
  13:57 Sony reveals new PS Vita bundles for US launch 1
  13:36 Stratford becomes Mario Land next month  
  13:32 Jo Twist 'will change the tone of UKIE'  
  11:44 Spry Fox sues Yeti Town dev over iOS copyright breach  
  11:15 IGN teams up with TV firm for new Start  
  11:07 UPDATED: Morrisons slashes console prices  
  10:54 PlayStation France boss: "We'll be the last to announce new console" 1
  10:33 Facebook prepping $100bn IPO  
  10:28 Fifth outing planned for Ace Attorney  
  10:03 Sony's US PSN boss quits company  
  09:45 FIFA 12 nets for the 6th successive week  
  04:06 THQ rumoured to be making redundancies in Oz/Japan  
Jan 27 17:11 MCV Jobs Weekly: Future hires Nuts PR man, top vacancies  
  14:45 INTERVIEW: Yves Guillemot, Ubisoft  
  14:07 OPINION: Taking great Paine  
  13:29 Capcom revs up Resi 6 hype machine  
  12:57 And the average Vita launch game RRP is...  
  12:34 Blockbuster lands exclusive Wayne Rooney DLC exclusive for Tiger Woods  
  12:21 MCV Awards 2012: One week left for lobbying  
  12:16 Games advertising jumps year-on-year  
  12:14 Try Vita at GAME and Gamestation right now 1
  11:52 Aliens: Colonial Marines delayed. Again.  
  11:28 Software Sales Monitor: Market drops 13.6%  
  11:25 Wii U controller includes NFC communication  
  11:21 Nintendo Network to offer gamer accounts, DLC and game downloads  
  11:11 Friday's Five-Second Facts  
  11:01 Wii was best selling European home console in December  
  10:55 NCsoft lawsuit seeks to block MMO in US  
  10:37 Iwata once again rejects new digital models 3
  10:28 Steam Mobile app hits iOS and Android  
  10:21 Nintendo admits that digital service could miss Wii U launch  
  09:51 What's Out Today? w/e January 27th, 2012  
  09:37 VIDEO: Witcher 2 Xbox 360 release date announced  
  09:18 Iwata: 3DS has proved handheld market is alive  
  08:37 Capcom makes a typo... on Resident Evil 3DS cover  
  08:25 Nintendo pondering Wii U rebrand?  
Jan 26 15:30 VIDEO: New Kinect Star Wars trailer  
  14:22 The UK 2011 Video Game Charts  
  13:40 iPhone 5 tipped for summer launch 2
  12:36 Insomniac is done with Resistance series  
  11:40 GAME offers brand new releases for just £5  
  11:00 MCV heads into Nordic territories  
  11:00 MW3 DLC restricted to one player profile  
  10:47 Capcom: Resident Evil 6 is our biggest production  
  10:28 Guillemot: Next Assassin's Creed will be 'biggest to date'  
  10:06 Nordic signs Alan Wake on PC  
  10:04 GameGadget dated for UK release  
  09:47 Rising Star Games cracks America  
  09:34 OPINION: The end of pre-owned would be a disaster for games 2
  09:07 Wii U boasts "twice the power" of Xbox 360  
  08:48 3DS sales hit 15m units  
  08:40 Nintendo reverses profit forecasts 1
  08:23 New Xbox to block pre-owned, incorporate Blu-ray 3
Jan 25 15:19 3DS gets white and pink makeover next month  
  14:27 ShopTo hires SEO firm to double revenue  
  14:17 First PS Vita accessories emerge  
  14:11 MCM Group expects biggest year ever  
  14:07 Turtle Beach on top in UK and US  
  13:28 THQ quits licensed kids games sector  
  12:56 MCV's Daily Must Reads (Jan 25th 2012) 1
  12:22 Kid Icarus stand will be bundled with game in UK  
  11:27 Neo Geo has another crack at the handheld market 1
  11:19 LEGO Lord of the Rings: The Video Game next?  
  10:55 New Zynga game accused of being Tiny Tower clone  
  10:47 The Tube to get Wi-Fi before London Olympics  
  10:45 Modern Warfare 3 2012 Season DLC plan outlined  
  10:37 11 publishers sign up to EA Origin  
  10:17 Protestors rally in Poland over bill similar to SOPA  
  10:06 Doctor Who to materialise in March  
  09:28 LEGO Minecraft gets the green light  
  08:40 Recession? What recession? Apple posts record earnings  
  08:28 New Xbox "6x as powerful as Xbox 360"  
Jan 24 17:37 UK toy industry worth £2.96bn  
  17:19 UKIE: Digital Chart coming February 1
  12:01 NI closures 'part of the plan' - GameStop  
  11:53 Kristan Reed heads up Pocket Gamer  
  10:46 ToyNews debuts Kinect Pixar Rush at Toy Fair  
  10:32 Microsoft Points to be phased out?  
  10:07 Dawn Paine is leaving Nintendo UK  
  09:58 GameStop closes Northern Ireland operations  
  09:55 Vita Rooms tour rolls on to Glasgow  
  09:47 Capcom Digital Collection out March  
  09:38 I Am Alive comes to life on March 7th  
  08:38 Mass Effect 3 figures include exclusive DLC  
  05:52 R18+ rating bill to be introduced to parliament in 2 weeks  
Jan 23 14:43 3DS gets free Wi-Fi access at UK airports  
  14:34 'Virtual items policy' in the works for PS3  
  14:28 Vita used to play pirated PS3 games 1
  13:47 UKIE sells stake in Chart-Track  
  13:23 Zynga keen on gambling growth  
  12:58 Megaupload founder is world's top Modern Warfare 3 player 1
  12:28 ANALYSIS: Retail veterans under pressure  
  12:13 Revealed: Skylanders' secret success  
  12:10 Zumba Fitness beats Davina in chart workout  
  11:25 Argos dates Kinect Star Wars for April  
  11:09 Sony considered touch-screen buttons for Vita 1
  10:51 FIFA 12 is UK's best-selling sports game ever  
  10:38 Microsoft emphasises new IP quality, not quantity  
  10:04 UK CHARTS: FIFA's fifth week running at No.1  
  10:02 Music publishers eye up GTA V opportunities  
  09:16 ESA decides SOPA is bad after all  
Jan 20 17:44 Gem hires new IT boss 1
  16:11 HMV's future secured by bank rescue package  
  15:55 MCV Jobs Weekly: Namco seeks product manager, top jobs  
  11:17 Ubisoft defends Anno 2070's DRM  
  11:15 Ubisoft takes UK Xmas crown  
  10:50 Games TV ads: The top ten publishers of 2011  
  10:39 PopCap axes 730,000-user Facebook game  
  10:32 Trion Worlds wins $85m investment  
  10:17 Dance Central 2 spin-off app hits iOS  
  10:00 INTERVIEW: Ian Shepherd 1
  10:00 Ubisoft digital triple pack due in March  
  09:28 Software Sales Monitor: Market shrinks by a third  
  09:02 Xbox drives Microsoft EDD to record sales  
  09:00 Five-Second Facts 1
  08:37 Megaupload shut by US piracy officials  
  08:19 VIDEO: Resident Evil 6 arrives this November  
Jan 19 15:54 Skyrim update replaces dragons with... My Little Pony 1
  15:28 BioShock Infinite to woo hardcore gamers with new 1999 Mode  
  13:39 Play.com considering payment on delivery option  
  12:59 Xperia range fails to stop big Sony Ericsson losses  
  12:18 Just Dance app tops 1m downloads  
  12:10 Pirate Bay: SOPA can't stop us  
  11:27 Square Enix signs mobile game KooZac  
  11:15 Doom makes Xbox Live comeback  
  10:59 US politicians drop SOPA support  
  10:32 BioWare looking into Old Republic patch 1.1 'issues'  
  10:23 Yahoo co-founder resigns  
  09:40 Rising Star readies five games for 3DS  
  09:31 Europe next for growing OnLive  
  09:25 GAME and TweetDeck vets join Green Man Gaming  
  09:19 GAME: 'Consumers want new hardware'  
  09:13 Consoles will get digital charts soon  
  08:54 F2P games can't be "high quality", says Namco Bandai  
  08:34 All signs point to Resident Evil 6 announcement tonight  
Jan 18 15:42 Zynga must attract 9-10m daily users to stop stock slide  
  14:13 Ubisoft closes Vancouver dev studio  
  14:05 FEATURE: Games Career Advice  
  13:43 Sonic the Hedgehog store goes live  
  12:50 EA "probably" spent $0.5bn on Old Republic  
  12:34 Games to feature in Junior Design Awards 2012  
  10:44 Star Trek Online now free-to-play  
  10:37 360 dash app usage rises 50%  
  10:23 Rockstar extends Max Payne 3 Special Edition deadline  
  10:05 Indie retailer Videogamesplus.ca hacked  
  10:03 The REAL entertainment Top 40 1
  10:02 Free 3DS demos added to eShop  
  10:00 How to win an MCV AWARD  
  09:33 OPINION: Why a publisher should buy GAME Group 1
  09:21 Sony discusses the 'irony' of PSN hack  
  08:49 The end arrives for Hudson Soft  
  08:35 Alienware reveals dedicated gaming PC  
Jan 17 18:18 PDQ to distribute Lace games  
  17:12 Katy Perry teams up with The Sims  
  15:51 Rockstar removes "next-gen" reference from job ad 1
  15:40 Vita gets its own Mortal Kombat  
  14:39 Sega officially confirms London 2012 tie-in  
  14:26 11 publishers accused of pursuing torrenting settlements  
  12:49 Max Payne 3 delayed  
  12:32 The future arrives with Nissan's "self-healing" iPhone case  
  12:14 "Pre-owned is pushing devs into digital"  
  12:05 Portas on the hunt for indie retailers for new TV show  
  11:31 Farming Simulator ploughs into 3DS  
  11:22 Gaming greats head to Toy Fair  
  10:52 Ubisoft DRM returns to ruffle feathers  
  09:41 THQ quashes Disney cancellation rumours  
  09:34 Game over for Totalvideogames.com  
  09:12 Deus Ex tops Amazon's 2011 digital chart  
  08:34 Time could be up for SOPA  
  08:28 Wikipedia to close in SOPA protest  
Jan 16 16:44 Gem confirms Ztorm grab  
  16:25 GAME: We have not been hacked  
  15:45 Nyko reveals Vita battery pack  
  14:53 Individual PSN release confirmed for Ico and Colossus in US  
  14:28 GAME hacked  
  14:25 iPad 3 looking certain for March launch  
  12:17 EA confirms Origin requirement for Mass Effect 3  
  11:43 XCOM shooter pushed back to 2013  
  11:42 PES 2012 coming to OnLive  
  11:33 Double Fine dates new Kinect title  
  11:29 Now Microsoft denies Xbox.com security loophole  
  11:06 SOPA delayed amidst growing criticism  
  10:52 Cross-platform Vita/PS3 RPG renamed Warrior's Lair  
  09:59 Rift subscription fees lowered  
  09:43 UK CHARTS: FIFA still No.1 1
  08:06 THQ puts dent in analyst doom-mongering and denies game cancellations  
Jan 13 17:03 MCV Jobs Weekly: Curley joins Reef, Payne moves to Microsoft, top jobs  
  16:06 The biggest Christmas 2011 games TV ad campaigns  
  15:13 Future sells New York office for £1.9m  
  14:59 Hopes remain for Stalker 2  
  14:54 Segerstrale steps up at EA  
  13:03 INTERVIEW: Fergal Gara, SCE UK  
  11:37 Batman: Arkham City, Skyrim win 2011 critics award  
  11:11 Microsoft's Web TV plans put on hold  
  10:55 ANALYSIS: Digital Charts  
  10:52 We must act NOW to fix digital chart crisis 1
  10:39 Witcher 2 dev drops legal action against pirates  
  10:25 Software Sales Monitor: Market drops 35% 1
  10:24 Just Dance IP grooves its way to 25m sales  
  10:12 Ninja Gaiden 3 Collector's Edition revealed  
  09:51 US: Three Silent Hill games confirmed for March  
  09:30 Publishers to Microsoft: 'Don't kick us off the Flight'  
  09:25 Five-Second Facts  
  09:00 INTERVIEW: Jim Ryan, SCEE  
  08:48 EA hits $1bn annual digital revenue target  
  08:27 2011 US games market down 8% leaving UK as worst performer  
Jan 12 15:55 £4bn wiped from Tesco value  
  15:08 Green Man Gaming partners with Gaikai  
  14:50 UK games industry shamed by male/female pay gap 1
  14:35 Gara: Sony UK suffering from PS2 hangover  
  14:25 MCV's 2012 UK Games Industry Salary Survey - The Results  
  14:22 Halo 4 reveal due at Toy Fair  
  14:14 PS2 Killzone coming to PS3 on PSN  
  14:05 Black Ops beats Modern Warfare 3 by 0.5m copies in UK  
  13:03 3DS performance has "confounded naysayers", says Sony  
  12:10 GAME PR boss departs  
  12:07 Japanese Vita sales flat as 3DS soar  
  11:40 We must do better with Move, Sony admits  
  10:45 HMV laments tough games market 1
  10:32 Sony dismisses Vita launch fears 3
  10:21 Adele demolishes Call of Duty as 2011's biggest entertainment property  
  10:03 Onlive heading to Google TV  
  09:57 Cave warns of potential shmup retreat  
  09:31 Keith: "I'm thrilled to be back at Future"  
  09:28 Binns: "It's time for new adventures" 2
  09:20 Tesco's LFL UK sales fall 2.3%  
  09:01 Binns leaves Future - as Keith returns  
  08:40 Internet gaming addiction "changes the brain" 2
  08:22 Gaikai: MS or Sony to bow out of console market at E3 4
Jan 11 17:15 HMV games boss departs  
  15:41 Sony unveils PlayStation certified, Ericsson-free phone  
  15:00 Entertainment soars on Xbox Live  
  14:46 Xbox 360 tops 66m console sales  
  14:28 11m downloads a day from Nokia Store  
  13:37 Modern Warfare 3 crowned UK's best seller in 2011  
  13:11 Sony hints at super-HD, haptic and sensor tech for PS4  
  11:53 Now Netflix comes to Wii  
  11:30 FEATURE: Fitness Games  
  11:22 Retail: Stop online codes and we will share pre-owned revenue 4
  11:16 Lack of digital chart is "turning off investors"  
  11:08 Kid Icarus gets Circle Pad Pro support  
  10:58 OnLive reasserts gaming focus  
  10:48 MW3 to get 20 DLC releases over next nine months  
  10:44 New EverQuest II players rise by 300%  
  10:10 Bethesda confirms id Software layoffs  
  09:22 Razer's Project Fiona brings traditional gaming to tablets  
  09:06 Mass suicide threat at Chinese Xbox 360 plant 1
  08:23 Sex scene leads to second Darkness II classification Down Under  
  08:05 Sony's Hirai: "We are not making any announcements at E3" 1
Jan 10 17:35 Ghost Recon Future Soldier delayed to May 1
  17:08 Sony shuts Bigbig; restructures Cambridge studio  
  17:01 Ubisoft posts record Christmas sales  
  17:00 Gaikai to be in-built into future LG TVs  
  14:41 Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D finally gets release date  
  13:38 Skyrim 1.4 update to address PS3 stuttering bug  
  13:05 Xbox 360 Kinect won't get PC Kinect upgrades  
  12:09 Homefront: Ultimate Edition due by April  
  12:07 OPINION: Really, you don't want GAME to fail 13
  11:17 Silent Hill HD Collection slips to March  
  10:16 Retail enjoys "dazzling" December  
  09:53 HMV backing away from video games  
  09:27 OnLive debuting Windows Desktop for iPad this Thursday 1
  08:38 Kinect sells 18m, arrives on PC next month  
  08:33 US developer receives death sentence in Iran  
  08:26 GAME could face lender action as UK Xmas sales plunge 17.6% 2
  02:00 Sony shifts 6.5m PlayStation consoles over Christmas  
Jan 09 16:01 Venture capitalist takes control of Jagex  
  15:12 Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition revealed  
  14:47 FEATURE: 25 Tips for the Young Games Journalist 2
  14:07 Twisted Metal UK release date confirmed  
  14:05 Christmas sales climb 10% at GameStop  
  13:36 ION reveals redesigned iCade  
  13:19 Lovefilm counter Netflix appearance with subs discount 1
  11:53 ANALYSIS: How do we rescue our High Streets?  
  11:47 Sony has 'biggest campaign ever' ready for Vita launch  
  11:37 London getting Europe's largest Wi-FI network for Olympics  
  11:20 Microsoft reaffirms Xbox Live security, refunds wronged blogger  
  11:16 UK CHARTS: FIFA 12 still top  
  10:49 Next Xbox to include tablet?  
  10:34 UPDATE: Netflix finally arrives in the UK 1
  10:05 Sony denies Hirai promotion reports  
  09:56 HMV upbeat despite Xmas sales slump  
  08:30 UK Industry - what to look forward to in 2012  
Jan 06 15:59 Steam posts 100%+ growth for 7th consecutive year  
  15:29 3DS sets new Japanese sales record  
  14:36 Future relaunches Nintendo magazine 1
  14:28 50 things to look forward to in 2012  
  14:16 Is Best Buy US in trouble too?  
  13:17 New questions asked about Xbox Live security  
  12:55 Asda begins console trade-ins  
  11:56 Lace Mamba goes green with climate change game  
  10:04 Gem swoops for digital distributor Ztorm  
  10:02 How games TV ads translate into sales  
  09:44 Epic voices SOPA unease, despite ESA backing  
  09:40 Software Sales Monitor: Market dips to £48.6m  
  09:32 Friday's Five-Second Facts  
  09:09 iOS IP Infinity Blade makes $28m in first year  
  08:59 Apple goes legal on App Store pirates  
  08:25 OPINION: New format war could tip balance back to traditional gaming  
  08:17 Digital omission threatening chart legitimacy  
  08:08 Next Xbox AND PS4 set for biggest ever E3  
Jan 05 18:20 XCOM returns to strategy roots  
  17:55 Gotham City Imposters slips to next month  
  15:29 Best Buy quits UK this month  
  15:23 Daily Mail exposes Old Republic female slave torture scandal! 1
  14:24 House of the Dead 3 and 4 creep onto PSN  
  14:23 LEGO Batman 2 officially announced  
  13:46 UK video games market falls 13% in 2011  
  12:55 Comet fights back in Microsoft dispute  
  12:15 UPDATED: EA details Mass Effect 3 pre-order goodies  
  11:45 MCM Expo to invade Birmingham  
  11:21 Vita sales fall below 50k in Japan  
  11:20 Analysts: 3DS is 'clear of the woods'  
  10:42 ASA bans TalkTalk broadband ad  
  10:40 Gaikai partners with Ubisoft, Best Buy  
  10:29 3DS Lite rumoured for 2012  
  10:19 Japanese market declines 8% in 2011  
  10:00 Microsoft and Datel settle Xbox 360 lawsuits  
  09:37 Microsoft teams up with casual dev Arkadium  
  08:40 XBL indie games games can now be bigger, cheaper  
  08:26 Imported Old Republic hits Aussie High Street  
Jan 04 15:52 Yu Suzuki could acquire Shenmue license from Sega  
  15:36 Microsoft Flight is a free-to-play title  
  14:40 Yahoo poaches PayPal president Scott Thompson  
  14:15 Big-name US journos form new site  
  13:39 Sony cuts Tablet S prices  
  11:46 Angry Birds scores 6.5m Xmas downloads  
  11:01 Atari justifies iOS legal action  
  10:49 Comet accused of selling counterfeit Windows copies  
  10:34 Play SNES and Mega Drive carts on your PC  
  10:07 MCV Salary Survey: Last chance to take part  
  09:30 Retailers discount Vita in Japan 2
  08:59 What is SOPA?  
  08:19 ESA reaffirms SOPA support  
Jan 03 15:11 Metal Gear Solid themed 3DS confirmed by Kojima  
  14:39 Siri demo unit abuses child in Tesco 1
  14:05 Mario's 3DS outings break US sales records  
  13:50 Xmas day app downloads hit 242m  
  13:43 Battlefield 3 devs quit for Ngmoco  
  12:59 Nintendo prepping Wii U e-reader service?  
  12:03 Epic Mickey 2 accidentally announced  
  11:21 Sonic 4: Episode II finally announced 1
  11:13 Old Republic is "fastest growing MMO in history"  
  10:50 US Special Ops vet slams 'hideous' Modern Warfare 3 ad  
  10:42 UK CHARTS: FIFA takes last No.1 of 2011  
  10:24 Atari launches legal assault on iOS devs  
  09:45 Time called on Shenmue mobile game  
  09:27 Crysis 2 'crowned' the most pirated game of 2011 1
  09:03 EA, Nintendo and Sony withdraw SOPA support  
  08:25 PS Vita plays second fiddle to PSP in second week as 3DS shines  
Jan 02 13:00 Indies furious over Old Republic collector's edition  
  11:00 Diablo III accessories go on sale  
  09:00 Ad vans reach over 30,000 gamers