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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 …

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 …

New game in the works for classic Sega property

From Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to Skylanders and the LEGO series of video games, Reena Sood has worked with some of gaming’s most iconic and successful franchises. She tells MCV about her career Tell us about your career in games. I started in the industry in November 2007 …

Publisher's chief creative officer says two hours is too long to introduce game mechanics and controls

Lifetime sales for Skylanders surpass 240m as Activision Blizzard posts $4.4bn in revenue for last year

Activision Blizzard has posted full year net revenue of $4.4bn thanks to the success of four key franchises. The publisher says that multiplayer shooter Destiny and card game Hearthstone between them raked in $850m over the last financial year. Bungie’s shooter now has over 16m registered players while the World …

Halo 5: Guardians multiplayer beta participants played 20m matches over 2.5m hours, Microsoft has revealed as part of an infographic on the event. The image created by developer 343 Industries (enlarged below) states those 20m matches amounted to 290 years worth of gameplay and 181m confirmed kills. We’re thrilled with …

Obsidian Entertainment reveals further impact of THQ closure and subsequent deal with Ubisoft

Conference returns to Britain's South Coast for a tenth year