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February 2012

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Feb 13 16:54 Blizzard curbs World of Warcraft exodus 1
  16:41 Ubisoft targets big slice of Vita market share  
  14:18 Vita download prices - MotorStorm for £4.79  
  13:31 Ten more years of LEGO Star Wars  
  11:49 Sales up 70% at The Hut Group 1
  11:13 Last Guardian devs facing "very difficult challenge"  
  10:43 MGS: Snake Eater demo dated for Thursday  
  10:00 Elite UK journos form UK digital games site  
  09:47 UK CHARTS: Kingdoms of Amalur reigns at No.1  
  09:44 Hasbro backing Fall of Cybertron with new action figures  
  09:19 Sony names two free Vita Discovery apps  
  09:17 Charity football event kicks off  
  08:45 Namco Bandai nets Star Trek publishing deal  
  08:23 Valve admits extent of Steam hack  
Feb 10 18:30 EA: Releasing Reckoning after Skyrim is an opportunity  
  18:18 Top five kids gaming sites' share of TV ad market  
  17:58 MCV Jobs Weekly: Wargaming's new King, top vacancies  
  13:50 Diablo III due in Q2 2012  
  13:45 UK boxed games market plunges 30% in January  
  13:22 Nintendo will hire from within for post-Paine era  
  13:08 Koch deal helps Lace crack key Euro markets  
  12:29 MCV Pacific team expands with associate editor  
  12:00 US: Digital games account for $400m in January  
  11:31 Xbox 360 and Call of Duty still king in US  
  11:16 US game sales drop by $390 in January  
  10:47 Skylanders toys surpass 20m units  
  10:45 UK leads digital and physical game sales  
  10:19 What's Out Today? w/e February 10th, 2012  
  10:11 Activision Blizzard's revenue hits $4.7bn  
Feb 09 16:28 ShopTo profits rocket 254% 2
  15:49 UKIE plans to make UK crowd funding legal  
  11:39 OPINION: GAME lives to fight another day 9
  11:08 Industry rallies around troubled GAME 4
  10:23 Asura's Wrath pushed back two weeks  
  10:11 Batman boosts Warner's full-year fiscals  
  10:01 HMV: 'We'd still be No.1 if not for games'  
  09:54 EA CFO Eric Brown departs  
  08:00 Free day-one DLC for Ridge Racer Vita  
Feb 08 17:45 Mega Coffee goes on sale  
  17:30 UK gaming café plans nationwide expansion  
  17:00 India games chain to open 150 stores  
  16:18 Mass Effect 3 console mods come with free DLC 1
  16:05 The Darkness II ad plan revealed  
  15:50 Make The Game winner launches first game  
  15:50 Free Apple TV for tech retailers  
  15:40 Rising Star 'won't abandon retail'  
  15:38 Strictly Come Dancing game axed  
  15:20 Valentine's Day love ready for Catherine 1
  15:05 Club Penguin mag revealed  
  14:50 Focus sets up Premier comeback  
  14:45 FEATURE: Rising Star and stripes  
  14:16 Sleeping Dogs officially announced  
  12:51 WipEout 2048 free in Vodafone Vita deal  
  11:46 True Crime renamed Sleeping Dogs  
  11:13 No UMD Passport for US 1
  10:48 US PS Store now has Vita games  
  10:27 Date set for new MW3 DLC  
  10:25 Skyrim Creation Kit and high-res textures now live 1
  09:59 D3P nabs DreamWorks games licence  
  09:25 Bungie co-founder Seropian leaves Disney as Interactive losses grow  
  08:47 Xbox Live has not been hacked. Oh, and Xbox Live has not been hacked  
  08:30 LittleBigPlanet.... Kart Racing?  
Feb 07 17:15 Amazon 'in process' of opening High Street store  
  16:12 April release date confirmed for Kinect Star Wars  
  16:01 Lollipop Chainsaw gets censored edition in Japan  
  16:00 Minecraft's Notch offers to fund Psychonauts 2 development  
  15:27 Skylanders Giants announced by Activision  
  14:31 Amazon is the UK's No.1 entertainment retailer  
  13:40 David Jaffe "quits" Twisted Metal dev  
  13:29 Final Fantasy creator: HD graphics are over the top  
  12:30 Metal Gear Solid HD Collection heading to Vita  
  11:30 GAME confirms 46 job losses from Basingstoke HQ  
  10:42 TIGA suggests developers are shunning retail products  
  09:55 Sony resolves PSN download problems  
  09:37 Resident Evil: Revelaitons typo to be corrected  
  09:00 Microsoft Flight lands on February 29th  
  08:48 New Euro release date for Twisted Metal  
  08:28 Torrent site BTJunkie voluntarily closes doors  
  04:34 SEGA Studios Australia downsizes, forges new digital strategy  
Feb 06 16:02 Next Xbox pre-owned block "would be fantastic" 7
  15:45 Apple clamps down on clone apps  
  14:53 Income soars at Square Enix  
  14:41 PALGN's editorial team walk citing a disagreement with management  
  14:33 'Vita brings cheer to a dour High Street'  
  14:30 FIFA: Is this Vita's killer app?  
  14:09 OPINION: Is Britain still great for games?  
  14:05 Big names sponsor MCV Awards 2012  
  13:00 Handy Sony map shows where all UK Vitas are  
  12:50 Digital success pays dividends for Konami  
  11:26 Vita gets functionality update this Wednesday  
  10:53 iOS apps 3x more likely to crash than Android apps  
  10:50 GameStop 'no comment' on GAME stores bid  
  10:36 GAME sets international bid deadline 1
  10:14 UK CHARTS: Final Fantasy XIII-2 debuts at No.1 1
  09:37 Stephen Toulouse quits Microsoft  
  09:11 UPDATED: PSN becomes SEN  
  08:28 Kaz Hirai: "Holy sh*t, now what?"  
Feb 03 14:12 Games becomes second-fastest growing TV ad sector  
  12:18 Sega income dips 6.6 per cent  
  12:00 MCV Awards: Last chance to lobby  
  11:56 What's Out Today? w/e February 3rd, 2012 1
  11:30 THQ's 17-game rescue plan 1
  11:17 GTA III helps Take-Two make $26m in digital  
  11:13 Digital revenues double ahead of THQ restructure  
  10:34 Why THQ has rubbed out uDraw 1
  10:27 Take-Two enthusiasm points to GTA V Xmas release 1
  10:12 Saints Row is biggest THQ launch in history  
  10:11 Take-Two profits drop to $14.2m  
  09:55 THQ losses rise to $56m  
  09:27 Software Sales Monitor: Market generates £12.1m  
  09:18 Friday's Five-Second Facts  
Feb 02 19:03 Lender support throws GAME a lifeline  
  15:48 Deep Silver goes Back to the Future  
  15:08 €1m publishing contract up for grabs  
  15:03 MCV Awards: Lobbying deadline tomorrow  
  14:39 FEATURE: The rise of social games  
  14:31 Capcom's net income falls 53.6%  
  13:38 MCV's 20-page trade guide to PlayStation Vita is available now  
  13:19 Vita climbs above PSP in Japan  
  11:38 Star Wars: Old Republic getting 1m log-ins a day  
  11:35 Riccitiello: This is the kind of quarter a CEO loves to report  
  10:48 Co-op mode means no Online Pass for Syndicate  
  10:33 Facebook files $5bn stock market IPO  
  10:22 The true speed at which games prices erode 2
  10:06 HMV fights back: 'We won't give up on games'  
  10:03 Want to be big in Japan? Go digital  
  10:01 Zynga generated $445m for Facebook in 2011  
  09:59 Disney acquires majority stake in UTV  
  09:56 Another games vet heads to Apple  
  09:44 GAME hints at possible international sell-off  
  09:06 Sony Consumer Products report $1.099bn Q3 loss  
  08:44 EA losses narrow as 2m buy Star Wars: Old Republic  
  08:20 EA recognises the implications of potential GAME collapse  
Feb 01 22:37 Latest THQ reorg will ditch 240 staff  
  15:37 MMO stalwart EverQuest making F2P switch  
  14:55 Rift Lite introduces free-to-play options  
  14:51 ANALYSIS: Microsoft Flight  
  14:28 Ezio sharpens Calibur's chances  
  14:18 Nintendo TV goes 3D  
  13:13 SPIL users fork out £38 per month on virtual goods  
  12:50 Sega GamesAid cricket returns this May  
  12:44 Rumours point to mass layoffs at THQ  
  11:38 New releases WILL be at GAME this Friday  
  11:00 New president for Konami Europe  
  10:59 Nintendo strikes free European 3DS Wi-Fi deal  
  10:55 New Facebook tweaks to boost games  
  10:25 Apple hires Dixons boss  
  10:22 Bigpoint hits 250m-player milestone  
  10:08 Sims 3 to power new Channel 4 drama SuperMe  
  10:06 Bungie passes Halo duties to 343 next month  
  10:04 Amazon warns of potential loss this quarter  
  09:40 Hacker defaces EA forums  
  09:22 Resident Evil 6 demo included with Dragon's Dogma  
  08:54 Kaz Hirai officially becomes Sony president and CEO on April 1st  
  08:27 Digital Vita games also cheaper in the US