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All the big Euro execs will be in Cannes next month for the IDEF expo , and so will MCV – following its appointment as media partner for the fast-rising European trade event. The festival, run by the French trade body SELL, is heading into its third year and is …

Fancy yourself as the games industry’s very own Wayne Rooney? Then it’s time to get your team together for this year’s MCV and Xbox 360 Games 5s tournament. MCV can reveal that the ninth annual five-a-side competition will take place on Friday August 1st, with team registrations open on June …

MCV is this week rolling out the UK games industry’s first ever dedicated online retail forum and High Street news and information resource. The new Retail Biz section of MCVUK.com is now live and offers a trade-only forum where retailers and other interested members of the games industry can talk …

Thanks to some technological tinkering akin to witchcraft, we’ve just posted a wee snippet of last night’s MCV/Xbox 360 Pub Quiz – complete with winners GAME’s celebrations. There’s also a plug in there for the next event, which is set for September 10th at the industry’s favourite Pub Quiz hang …

The street date for Grand Theft Auto IV appears to have been broken as a picture of the game and a receipt appears on a PlayStation forum . Asda has been indicated as the retailer to have broken the date, although comments on a recent MCV story indicates other supermarkets …

The latest exclusive MCV UK Charts analysis, in conjunction with ChartTrack and ELSPA, shows that February was a tough time for the PC market – though not for chart-toppers Nintendo and EA. "Looking at the format share and you’ll notice that the PC is not doing particularly well at the …

MCV, Develop and Mobile Entertainment team planning new games site

Following the launch last year of the Games Media Awards, Intent Media has hired its first in-house events manager. Shelley Dowsett joins from leading conference and exhibitions company Forum Events. She will be responsible for the Games Media Awards 2008, plus a growing portfolio which already includes the MCV Industry …

Electronic Arts took home the grand prize at the MCV and Xbox 360 Industry Pub Quiz last night – in its first stab at the competition. EA beat former champs such as Konami and EUK on the night, which once again took place at London’s AKA Bar in Holborn. However …

Rising Star Games is about to release a fistful of Hudson Soft games based around the Bomberman and Dungeon Explorer franchises. And to mark the occasion they are offering you the chance to win every single one of them. Up for grabs are copies of Bomberman Land Wii, Bomberman Land …