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Two years after purchasing the THQ name, Nordic Games has reincorporated as THQ Nordic. According to CEO Lars Wingefors, this is due to the fact that the current Nordic business is so focused around franchises it purchased from THQ in 2013. The firm purchased several IP from the now-defunct publisher …

Tero Virtala takes over from interim boss of Quantum Break studio, Markus Mäki, who returns to leading studio production

SuperData’s Joost van Dreunen discusses the challenges that could hold back competitive gaming It’s not often that you get a chance to be part of an emerging industry before it becomes mainstream. Today, 214m people worldwide regularly watch competitive gaming, and the market is worth $892m, made up of 74 …

ESL UK’s co-managing director Spike Laurie discusses the new media behavior of the next generation, and why mainstream media and brands must pay very, very close attention I still take some relish when I reel off the statistics of this phenomenal industry, despite it being the umpteenth time I’ve invoked …

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has been named as the cover star of Square Enix’s Championship Manager 17. The traitorous swine* Pochettino appears as the licensed front for the F2P iOS and Android game, which is released today. The title features over 450 clubs across 15 countries and 25 leagues, as …

The discovery of a change to the UK packaging for No Man’s Sky has fuelled the heated conversation about the game’s online functions. Pictures have appeared online of a sticker placed on the rear of the game’s box. It pictures a PEGI 7 logo and violence warning. Removing it reveals …

Greenlit adventure title The Little Acre has got itself a publisher, and one of the genre’s top producers. Industry legend Charles Cecil has been signed by Pewter Games as executive producer. Furthermore, Curve Digital will now publish the game, which will be released on PS4, Xbox One and PC later …

Worm is building a unique remix of point-and-click adventures and techno music. Founder and art director Cemre Ozkurt gets into the rhythm

MCV had a certain perception of Ubisoft Reflections before it visited the Newcastle-based developer. The firm hasn’t led its own triple-A games project since Driver: San Francisco five years ago. Since then, it has been largely used in a support capacity, helping out with the likes of Just Dance, Watch …

Former PS4 exclusive Rime is back on the horizon. Rime was announced as a Sony published title back at Gamescom 2014. However, the rights to the game were re-acquired by developer Tequila Works earlier this year. Now Six Foot’s Grey Box label has been named as the publisher. Further details …