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New plan will be rolled out to 12 countries this week

The Finnish developer behind Max Payne, Alan Wake and Quantum Break, Remedy, is teaming up with Korean firm Smilegate for a sequel to its billion-dollar free-to-play shooter, Crossfire. At China Joy, Smilegate revealed that Remedy would be developing the story mode for the upcoming Crossfire 2. The first Crossfire game …

Go 8 Bit, a brand new TV video games series hosted by comedian Dara O’Briainis launching on Dave next month. The show debuts on Monday, September 5th and features two teams captained by Steve McNeil and Sam Pamphilon who must assist celebrity guests through rounds of ‘competitive and hilarious gaming …

New video series talks devs through the basics on Crytek's latest game engine

Cult episodic game Life is Strange is being turned into a live action TV show. The series, to be distributed digitally, is being made in a collaboration between Legendary Digital Studios and Square Enix. DJ2 Entertainment’s Dmitri Johnson and Dan Jevons are handling production and development duties. The firm also …

Help: The Game features titles created in six days during a global games jam and costs £9.99, with all profits going towards charity

This week, MCV has taken a break, and in its place we have produced a one-off publication dedicated to eSports. In the first eSports Pro magazine, we speak to EA’s senior VP and GM of Competitive Gaming Todd Sitrin about the firm’s new eSports division. We also discuss regulation with …

Initiative far exceeds £25,000 target, will return in September 2017

Quantum Break studio teams with Korean dev to bring ‘unique blend of storytelling, memorable characters and inventive gameplay’ to free-to-play shooter

A new paper from a group of researchers at Indiana University has suggested that the treatment of female characters in games has drastically improved over the last ten years. "In the 1980s and early 1990s, a lot of the graphical integrity just didn’t allow for the characters to be sexualised,"explainedlead …