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This week’s bumper MCV has everything you need to prepare for Gamescom 2016. And it can be read, for free, right here. Show organisers Koelnmesse share what is new about this year’s event, meanwhile, members of the UK games industry share their tips and advice for getting the most out …

Ken Levine will headline next year’s EGX Rezzed on Thursday, March 30th. Levine is the man behind the BioShock series and details of his talk will be revealed ‘soon’. He is currently working on an unannounced narrative-driven game for Take-Two. Levine is one of the original creators of 1998’s Thief: …

Put the date in the diary, London Games Festival 2017 will run from March 30th to April 9th. The event will kick off with EGX Rezzed at the Tobacco Docks, while the week will also feature the BAFTA Games Awards, which will take place on April 6th. Other events include …

Band’s frontman Morrissey describes pro-veganism title as ‘the biggest social crusade of all, as we safeguard the weak and helpless from violent human aggression’

Developer reacquired rights to island adventure title from Sony earlier this year

As we head towards the tenth Games Media Awards on October 11th, we continue our retrospective of past winners. Today we speak to Simon Parkin, who picked up two awards last year – being named as Features Writer and Mainstream Voice. How did you first get into the games media? …

Revitalised company offers free hosting options to studios

Those who are yet to put their hands on a 2TB Xbox One S may be out of luck. Reports emerged earlier this week claiming that the launch supply of the hard to find machine may be all we’re getting. GameSpot has now had this confirmed directly from Microsoft. "The …

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It doesn’t sound as if Bethesda will be following the likes of Ubisoft, Activision and Sony into the movie sector. Speaking to Finder, Bethesda’s PR and marketing VP Pete Hines was asked about the possibility of turning IP such as Elder Scrolls, Fallout or Dishonored into motion pictures. We get …