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New initiative aims to raise the profile of female speakers available for conferences

It took almost a decade to develop and was only available for just a few days: fan project Pokmon Uranium is no longer available to download. Interestingly, this is not the result of cease and desist from Nintendo, although the platform holder has had an impact. In a statement, the …

The Aardvark Swift team discuss ways in which we can improve the skills of games graduates

Developers say they “respect Nintendo’s wishes deeply”

Hello Games’ No Man’s Sky is doing the business on PC, too. Having shot straight to the top of the UK All Formats physical Top 40, the ambitious space adventure has also enjoyed strong digital sales. We don’t know what the digital PS4 sales numbers look like, but PC Gamer …

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 …