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A brand new conference will be held this November that will examine the opportunities and challenges facing every spectrum of the games industry in the UK and beyond. Organised by MCV parent NewBay Media, the Future Games Summit will take place and London’s Millennium Mayfair Hotel and runs from Wednesday, …

London conference will explore trends in virtual reality, augmented reality, mobile games, eSports and more – call for speakers now open

Square Enix has confirmed rumours that upcoming RPG Final Fantasy XV will be released two months later than planned. The game, which has been in development for around a decade, will now be released on November 29th. From the moment we joined this project, our vision was to create a …

Wildly ambitious indie title No Man’s Sky has shot straight to the top of the boxed UK charts. According to GfK Entertainment, this is the second biggest PlayStation 4 launch for Sony behind Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, which hit shelves earlier this year. It is also Sony’s biggest new …

Chinese team Wings Gaming managed to win The International 6 after beating Digital Chaos 3-1 in the final. The win sees the young side walk away with $9,139,002 and of course the title of the best Dota 2 team in the world. Second place Digital Chaos took home $3,427,126, while …

After being relegated from the NA LCS just a few days ago, NRG eSports has lost all of its League of Legends players. According to a report from ESPN, NRG’s contracts permitted lawful termination if the team was relegated. This means that NRG currently has no League of Legends players …

Controversial eSports organisation Team YP has signed its first Overwatch roster. The new team features members of the former Team YP Evolve team, who were widely considered to be one of the best in the world. Team captain Chairil Nightwane” Djoehana, Ronny Roon” Feuz and David Spanners” Morley all made …

The 2TB version of the new Xbox One S has already completely sold out in the UK, boosting sales of the console by more than 75 per cent last week. UK retailers told MCV that stock for the machine was tight, although Xbox will release more 2TB machines in the …

One of the most populated countries in the world, the Philippines is seeing local studios break onto the global games stage – even as the industry continues to struggle to gain traction back home. Develop catches up with developers, service firms and industry organisations in the country

Nvidia senior developer technology engineer Jon Story explains the method behind the graphics specialist’s new shadow technique and reveals how devs can make use of it in their own games