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Grand Theft Auto publisher Rockstar is developing a new title that will be exclusive to PS3. SCEA’s Michael Shorrock revealed the news on the official US PlayStation blog on Friday. He wrote that Sony had ‘agreed to the PlayStation-exclusive rights of the next great franchise from the Rockstar studios’. ‘Everyone …

HMV has appointed Gerry Johnson as executive director with immediate effect. We are delighted to welcome Gerry Johnson as a new executive director,” said Carl Symon, chairman of HMV. Gerry has led the Waterstones team through the successful integration of Ottakars, and the continuing re- shaping of our books business. …

Original concept for Viva Pinata to see light of day on handheld

EA’s Chicago team will be producing a new game based on Marvel’s comicbook characters, reports MCV’s sister site Develop. The new super hero fighting game will be developed for PS3 and Xbox 360 and released next year. EA Chicago is best known for its Fight Night games and recent title …

MCV sister site Develop reports that after much speculation, David Jaffe has left Sony Computer Entertainment America’s Santa Monica Studios to form Eat, Sleep, Play with Incognito founder Scott Campbell – and has immediately secured exclusive development deal with SCEA. The pair, who previously worked together on the Twisted Metal …

Seemingly not content with bossing the UK charts, Nintendo is also performing well in both Germany and Spain – and it’s new DS title More Brain Training from Dr Kawashima that’s proving to be the star performer. The brain-twisting sequel tops the All Formats charts in both territories – whilst …

The PS2 accounted for 42 per cent of total console usage in June, according to the GamePlay Metrics service compiled by Nielsen, reported Games Industry . The next-gen consoles were far behind the PS2 in this respect. According to the report, the Xbox 360 accounted for eight per cent of …

For those that were unable to attend the Develop Awards event that took place in Brighton on Wednesday, a video of the ceremony is now available online. The video, which was produced by Gamer TV, can be found at www.esport.tv . 500 games development executives packed out the Metropole Hotel …

After dropping the cost of the PS3 in the US earlier this month, president of Sony Ryoji Chubachi has announced that there will be no similar price cutting in Asia or Europe at this point,” reported Bloomberg . The boss of the platform holder refused to shed light on whether …

Something has gone slightly awry with Microsoft’s media schedule. MCV’s one-to-one with Peter Moore has turned into a shared session, with a thoroughly nice fellow from Halo Nation being the third point of the triangle. His line of questioning is, as you’d imagine, pretty focused. Those bloody warranties, he just …