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Recruitment firm OPM has backed this year’s MCV 30 Under 30. The full list of the 30 most talented individuals working in the games industry under the age of 30 will be revealed tomorrow (Friday, October 2nd). It will be appearing in print, and will also be on our website …

The vocal criticism of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided’s tiered pre-order scheme has led to its cancellation. The ‘Augmented’ pre-order system was revealed last month, leading to a fierce backlash. Many were unhappy that in forcing customers to choose between pre-order gifts, certain content would remain inaccessible to all but those …

Having waited eight months to get their hands on the long-delayed game, the free PlayStation Plus version of Driveclub will disappear from PSN on October 6th. Remember, PS+ Instant Game Collection titles remain accessible to PS+ subscribers for the duration of their subscription, so anyone who grans it before then …

Reviews aggregation site Metacritic has a new rival in the video games space. OpenCritic.com says it offers a more transparent scoring system than Metacritic, which still relies on a largely mysterious weighting system that assigns more importance to some scores than others. Users will be able to decide upon which …

Only six months ago, American eSports teamCounter Logic Gaming(CLG)was less than fifteen daysfrom declaring bankruptcy. The team decided to continue pursuing their passion of playing competitive video games despite a gloomy financial outlook. It has paid off. The CLG team is now preparing to take part in theLeague of Legends …

Reload Studios specialises in virtual reality, working on multiplayer FPS World War Toons

A new set of consumer rights laws comes into effect today that give buyers the right to a full refund on any faulty digital purchase for 30 days. This is particularly pertinent for gamers, with an increasing number of titles hitting shelves in a state many would consider to be …

Developer RosePortal Games has had all user reviews wiped for its PC RPG Epic Quest of the 4 Crystals by Valve. Kotaku reports that it was discovered the developer was giving away keys for the title in exchange for user reviews. As users’ lack of disclosure left Valve unable to …

UK games industry legend Charles Cecil MBE will present the keynote at the upcoming Interface event. Cecil co-founded Revolution back in 1990, and created the Broken Sword franchise. He is on the Board of Governors of the British Film Institute (BFI) and Screen Yorkshire, the regional agency that supports film, …

Sony did not expect the PlayStation 4 to sell as well as it is, and this has caused a few problems. That’s according to the publisher’s head of worldwide studios, Shuhei Yoshida, who – speaking to Eurogamer – says that the console is currently tracking ahead of its internal predictions. …