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In today’s free MCV, we speak to the creators of Xbox 360 as Microsoft ceases production on the iconic console. In the meantime, we speak to Rovio’s CCO Alex Lambeek about the return of Angry Birds: with a new game, an animated movie and deals with brands such as LEGO …

The American branch of platform holder Nintendo is to sell its majority stake in Seattle baseball team the Mariners. That’s according to the Seattle Times, which reports that Nintendo will retain a 10 per cent stake in the baseball team. The rest of its holdings will be sold to First …

Double Fine boss says smaller devs need to plan beyond their ‘One Big Idea’

Separate Oculus Rift version still in the works, studio confirms

Scannable QR-like 'Bird Codes' and 'Movie Magic' content unlocked inside cinema mark studio’s first steps into the realm of ‘toys-to-life’

The CEVO Gfinity Season 9 LAN Finals begin later today at the Gfinity arena in London. The tournament will see some of the best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive teams in the world battle it out for a share of the $125,000 prize pool, over the course of the next four days. …

This past weekend was one of the busiest for the FGC in recent memory, with four high profile events taking place all around the world. Two Capcom Pro Tour Ranking events, and two well-produced and far-reaching invitationals. Red Bull gives Big Bird his wings The Red Bull Kumite was the …

Blizzard at PAX East 2016 debuted to the public the console version of its new team-based hero shooter Overwatch, which has been in closed beta on PC for several months. PAX East attendees stood in line for hours to play either the PlayStation 4 or Xbox One versions of the …

GAMURS, the self-proclaimed ‘Facebook for Gamers,’ today announced the acquisition of esports news companies eSports Nation and eSports Guru. GAMURS, founded by Riad Chikhani and Halim Yoo on Apr. 15, 2015, with a $350,000 seed funding, aims to collate all relevant content into one page” and offers social connectivity features …

In November of last year, there were three Chinese CS:GO teams; CyberZen, Born Of Fire and TyLoo. While one of these names is now well known, after TyLoo pulled the greatest upset in CS:GO at this month’s DreamHack Malmo by defeating the recently crowned MLG Columbus champions Luminosity Gaming, none …