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The man at the centre of the Minecraft phenomenon has declined job offers at Valve and Bungie, opting instead to open his own independent development studio. Swedish programmer Markus Persson, whose solo effort Minecraft is apparently returning up to $350,000, is now looking to form a new start-up venture. It’s …

Digital retail group signs up to the UKâ??s fast-growing trade body

Sony has handed PSP2 development kits to a number of key studios, MCV’s sister site Develop has heard. It was claimed earlier this year that developers were shown the portable console, and Sony has since sent out dev kits to a number of development studios – both third-party and in-house. …

Evolution Studios director Mick Hocking presenting Sonyâ??s 3D vision on the big screen

Last chance to take advantage of reduced delegate price for London Games Conference on November 4th

Incubator program applications encouraged by Tiga and DR Studios

US President Barack Obama has announced a new initiative that promotes the development of educational video games. Called the National STEM Video Game Challenge, prizes will be offered to those whose titles are deemed to have best promoted education in science, technology, engineering and math. The scheme is open both …

The UK games market’s up-and-coming hot shots will once again compete for industry recognition as MCV readies its annual presentation of the top 30 rising stars aged under 30. You can nominate your staff, a colleague, a peer or even yourself by emailing MCV Editor-in-Chief Michael.French@intentmedia.co.uk. The ever-popular 30 Under …

Tiga condemns coalition plans to â??dry upâ?? foreign talent in the UK

Key execs from Bigpoint, EA, Playfish, Gaikai, GameStop, Capcom, Spil and Q Entertainment to speak at LGC