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Tracking down the games industry’s biggest stars on Twitter. This week, we look at the profile of:
Kirsty Payne @SmallPeanutHead
Bio: 22 years in games, proud Vice President of SpecialEffect, Director of London Games Festival, wife of one, expert in talking, eating, drinking... & archery!
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Emily Maitlis WTF! Black leather mini skirt and vertiginous hooker shoes that you can’t walk in. It’s Newsnightnot Pretty Woman!
SpecialEffect’s very own Dr Mick Donegan is recognised in the top 33 entrepreneurs who make this world a better place
Just realised that James Binns looks the same age as he did almost two decades ago! Good luck Binnsy, good luck Richard
WE’LL CALL YOU MCV: Resident Evil 6. When’s it out?
GameStation: The current release date is November 8th. MCV: Which formats is it on?
GameStation: There hasn’t actually been a definite announcement, but we believe it will be on the main ones: Xbox 360 and PS3. There’s also a 3DS game, which is coming out sooner.
MCV: Is that a handheld Resi 6?
Richard Keith, Publisher, Future Publishing
MCV quizzes industry execs about their favourite things. This week, we speak to Future’s Richard Keith
WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE...
Game? I don’t finish many games so I’ll go forUncharted 2– just pushing out Portal 2, FIFA and Graham Gooch’s Cricket. Band?: Fleet Foxes, Midlake. I also like heading to the Green Man festival (note: it has nothing to do with digital games or Paul Sulyok). Food and drink? Thai food every time. My claim to Thai fame is having opened the first British restaurant (pie and mash, fish and chips, Sunday roasts) on Koh Samui. A crime against Thai cuisine for which I have never been held to account. Team? I’m an established member of the games industry West Ham mafia and looking forward to our return to the Premiership, if not the way we’re going about getting there.
GameStation Kidderminster tested on 2012’s Resident Evil line-up
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MCV: Is this the same as Racoon City Operationsor something different?
GameStation: I believe that’s Operation Racoon City, and that’s also a different game. It’s for Xbox 360 and PS3 and it’s more of an online multiplayer game. So you’ve got three releases in total. One is for 3DS. One is Operation Racoon City, which is a multiplayer game, and that builds up to the main
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release, Resident Evil 6, which should be out in November.
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Quick and authoritative answers. Just a slight blunder on the date – it’s out on November 20th.
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