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The Borderlands franchise is headed to handhelds this month in the form of Borderlands Legends for iPhone and iPad. The announcement appeared as an ad in the Borderlands 2 digital strategy guide and was spotted by a member at the Gearbox forums. There is still no formal announcement of BorderlandsLegends …

Ubisoft is feeling confident about its upcoming open-world shooter Far Cry 3 – even though it launches just after Activision’s powerhouse franchise, Call of Duty. Far Cry 3 was originally set for launch in September but was pushed back for to give Ubisoft’s Montreal studio more time to create a …

Industry vets of 38 Studios, Bethesda, NetherRealm and Zynga join leadership team

A look at how Arkane Studios is harnessing Unreal Engine 3 for its latest release

Haunts: The Manse Macabre developers leave despite unfinished work on horror title

New course replacing axed ICT curriculum to be introduced in schools from September 2013

Former Warner Bros Seattle studio GM joins Epic's UE4 engineering outfit

Microsoft is taking ten supercars on a four-day road trip for the upcoming release of Forza Horizon. Entitled ‘Escape The Grid’, the tour will start on October 23rd in Paris, from the Forza Horizon Gymkhana competition and partake in challenges on its way to Top Gear Live in Birmingham, which …

This week’s MCV isnow available to download – and it features eight pages on Nintendo’s Wii U. Also in this edition is an exclusive chat with Ubisoft’s Mark Slaughter, plus the full September sales charts. We’ve listed the contents in full below. Download our app now,which includes access to the …

Chinese technology manufacturer Foxconn has admitted hiring children as young as 14 to work in its factories. Reuters reports that Foxconn has admitted to the discovery some interns” at its Yantai plant who were aged between 14-16. Said the company: "This is not only a violation of China’s labor law, …