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The CEO of Metacafe and former CEO of Pogo.com (property of global publishing giant EA) Erick Hachenburg has joined the board of directors at blossoming online games publisher K2 Networks. Hachenburg has been in the online games industry for over 15 years, and also formerly served as EA’s online publishing …
Read More »Hudson to develop iPod Touch titles
â??Do the Hudson!â?? content portal to feature one new title per week
Read More »Q4 PLATFORM BATTLE PART 2: Nintendo
Who doesn’t want Wii to win this Christmas? It’s the most joyous, innovative, honest, uncynical games machine we’ve seen in years. It’ll fly out of stores – and continue to sell out well into 2008 – largely because of Wii Sports, and the simple-yet-completely-irresistible appeal of its ‘play tennis in …
Read More »Gamestations Gibbs to edit MCV
MCV has a new editor, with Gamestation’s Martyn Gibbs coming on board to manage the Christmas issue of your favourite games trade read. There are only two issues of MCV left before we all take a well-earned break for the Christmas period. But they’re ones to watch. This Friday we …
Read More »CentreSoft reveals new trade promotion
Leading distributor CentreSoft has joined forces with SCE UK to kick off a new promotion offering retailers the chance to win top prizes. The competitions, run in conjunction with SCE UK, include a window dressing competition for Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, as well as a Sony back catalogue offer. The Uncharted: …
Read More »Bizarre working on new Bond game?
When Activision snapped up Project Gotham developer Bizarre Creations in late September the publisher proudly stated its intention to make big waves in the racing genre , but rumours claim that the UK developer is pencilled in to work on a new James Bond game. MCV, however, understands that another …
Read More »No More Heroes censored in Europe
Rising Star Games, the publisher of upcoming Wii title No More Heroes, has confirmed that that European version of the game will see the same cuts experienced by Japanese gamers when it is released over here next year. In North America, however, publisher Ubisoft has stated that the game will …
Read More »Atari settles North American Dragon Ball Z dispute
Following the announcement of a complete restructuring of its North American relationship with Infogrames, Atari has also confirmed that it has settled its dispute with Dragon Ball Z licence holder FUNimation. Earlier this year FUNimation issued a notice to Atari threatening to terminate their current agreement due to alleged contract …
Read More »US Atari restructuring complete
Following a prolonged period of turmoil in North America, the restructuring of the relationship between classic games label Atari and parent company Infogrames is complete, bringing with it a complete overhaul of US operations and relationships. Atari will now handle the distribution of Infogrames products in North America for the …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Mario & Sonic fight back
It would still take a brave man to bet against EA’s traditional festive champion Need for Speed fighting back to claim the top spot once again in time for Christmas, but Sega’s Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games is giving it a run for its money by clinching the …
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