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Mexico now boasts the second-biggest games sector in the Latin American region, behind Brazil. According to a report from Newzoo and GlobalCollect, the country’s games market generated an estimated $1.01 billion in revenue during 2014. This total comes despite Newzoo’s 2013 Global Games Market Report estimation that just four per …

Cult Mega Drive franchise ToeJam & Earl is making a comeback. Canadian developer HumaNature Studios, of Doki-Doki fame, has revealed that it working on a revival for the classic Mega Drive franchise, posting some sketches from the in-development title with more news promised in the coming weeks. The series first …

Back in 2006, games media giant IGN decided it was time to move beyond its US borders and try to take on the world. It began by moving into similar markets, opening offices in both the UK and Australia in a bid to win over local audiences. Games and entertainment …

January is generally a quiet month for games, and this year it was no different. 3.5 per cent fewer units were sold this year – only 2m games – with 58m being generated from software sales. This is 4.5 per cent more revenue than last year. The rise in revenue …

My 15 year career has been driven by my passion for both video games and digital entertainment – which began at the age of 10, when I was given a NES,” says Warner’s Vronique Lallier when asked about her journey in the games industry. I started my career at Ubisoft …

‘Experimental’ platform game Grow Home is now available on Steam. The title was put together by an eight-person team at Driver creators Ubisoft Reflections and is described as procedurally animated”. It was initially released as an internal plaything for Ubisoft staff, but was eventually spun out into a full release. …

New game in the works for classic Sega property

The first three winners of our Women of the Year Awards are today revealed. Margaret Pearson, Julie Man and Gabrielle Kent will be honoured with key accolades at our February 19th afternoon event in Central London. They were selected by the MCV team after persuasive lobbying from the trade – …

The calls for Nintendo to release its games on smartphone may seem relentless, but it seems like the platform holder has other plans. Polar opposite plans, in fact. Kotaku reports that president Satoru Iwata told Nikkei that far from bringing Mario to iPhone, the company instead plans on bringing more …

Exec says leading mobile marketplace wouldn't be where it is today if not for games