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Tamoor Hussain is GameSpot’s new UK editor, The Hut Group hires a new social media exec and Substance Global strengthens its teams. GameSpot promotes Hussain to UK editor The media site has appointed former news editor Tamoor Hussain as its new UK editor. Before joining GameSpot in early 2015, he …

VR-focused dev backed by companies including HTC and The VR Fund, and will use funding to grow, create original IP and build virtual reality technology

UK retail buyers have told MCV that they have ‘high hopes’ for Nintendo’s new console, but only if it’s affordable. Every retailer surveyed says that a sub-200 price tag will be ‘essential’ if Nintendo hopes to stage a comeback in the console market. The games industry sorely misses a strong …

Lego games dev was last month’s most valuable studio thanks to latest Star Wars tie-in

CEO Tim Cook adds that July 2016 saw a record-breaking amount of money earned by devs

Nintendo is putting together a triple-A software line-up, to ensure NX flies out of the gate next year. Developer Game Freak will bring Pokmon to the platform, while Nintendo’s first party titles include the previously announced Zelda game – Breath of the Wild – and a new Mario game. All …

Brand director calls widely criticised reference to Black Lives Matter movement an ‘unfortunate coincidence’

In the latest edition of MCV, we uncover some of the key games designed to launch NX. Nintendo is putting together a triple-A line-up for the console, including a Pokmon title, a new Mario game and the previously announced Zelda title, Breath of the Wild. We also talked to studios …

Square Enix’s upcoming Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has stoked the fire once again by drawing on another controversial topic in its marketing. A little over a year ago the game was dragged into controversy over its use of the term ‘Mechanical Apartheid’ in its positioning of a future where mankind …

Niantic’s Pokemon Go has, in less than a month, surpassed $160m in global App Store and Google Play revenue. That’s according to analytics firm Sensor Tower. This is a number that is set to increase further, too, what with the Chinese and Brazilian rollouts yet to happen. Furthermore, despite the …