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The creator of Monkey Island Ron Gilbert has publicly asked Disney for the rights to some of his gaming IP. Taking to Twitter (below), Gilbert specifically is after the Monkey Island and Maniac Mansionproperties – franchises that he created during his time at LucasArts. He even goes as far as …

IGN won the Media Team prize at the MCV Awards last March. Following this win, Dan Kilby, commercial projects and marketing manager, tells MCV about the company’s strategy, the opportunities offered by eSports and why specialist sites are trusted. Congratulations on winning the Media Team category.Thank you. We put a …

PS4 exceeded even Sony’s own expectations last year, but the platform holder has predicted that the machine will do even better next year. 17.7m PS4s were sold in Sony’s last financial year, ahead of the 17.5m it had forecast. Now the company has said that PS4 will shift a further …

Move to version control system will make it easier for users to stay up-to-date with engine changes, says tools firm

Hennig helped lead creation of the acclaimed adventure franchise at Naughty Dog until joining EA to work on Visceral Games’ untitled Star Wars title

Dota 2, Half-Life and Portal creator Valve has been struck with a $3.1 million lawsuit from a former staff member who claims she was discriminated against for being transgender. The anonymous litigant was reportedly called ‘it’ by her supervisor following sex reassignment surgery in 2012, resulting in a ‘hostile work …

Former translator claims she was referred to as ‘it’ and fired after complaining that Dota 2 developer and Steam owner exploited fans offering translation services for free

As well and hunting down a new game engine, Hideo Kojima’s recent world studio tour has also provided the inspiration for the new-look Kojima Productions. Speaking to Eurogamer, Kojima has stressed that he’s keen to get away from the typical Japanese corporate structure and build a studio that more closely …

Focus Home Interactive’s boss Cdric Lagarrigue believes that sci-fi games will flood the market over the next two to three years. His prediction comes ahead of the launch of his new game The Technomancer. It also follows the announcement of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, which is set in space, …

Andy Payne, Ian Livingstone and Imran Yusuf are the first three patrons of GamesAid. The trio were voted in by the trustees and will represent the games industry charity within the games community. When we set up GamesAid back in 2007, we never realised it would raise over 2m to …