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MCV speaks to Rich Taylor, the senior vice president of E3 organiser ESA, about the recent loss of Activision and EA from the expo’s show floor. EA and Activision have both decided not to hold a booth at E3 this year. It has raised questions within the trade over the …

You only get virtual reality when you try it. So allowing folk to try it looks like it will define the upcoming VR marketing push. This poses a problem for Sony, Facebook and Steam/HTC. They desperately want folk to buy PlayStation VR (350), Oculus Rift (500) and HTC Vive (690). …

The judging panel for the Women in Games Awards has been announced, with leading executives from across all sectors of the UK games industry voting on these special accolades. The judging panel will choose the Top 30 Women in Games. They will also vote on the winner for each of …

Forget NX and smartphone games – the product that might just come to define Nintendo’s 2016 is a 3DS title. Yo-kai Watch is a monster of a Japanese phenomenon. Created by Level-5 (the company responsible for the Professor Layton series), the last Yo-kai Watch movie attracted more viewers in its …

Sony’s PlayStation VR will be able to offer Vive-like room-scale tech. Room-scale allows users to meander about their homes while doing the same in VR. With HTC Vive, this is achieved via two emitters positioned in opposing corners of an allocated space. With PlayStation VR, this will be achieved via …

Adds that studios should considering hiring female devs with potential rather than established male veterans to break the ‘self-perpetuating cycle’

Epic fund for UE4 creators has now donated more than $1.2 million

‘Using a digital premium model helps ensure an even playing field,’ explains Cliff Bleszinski

Campo Santo’s Jane Ng, Phosfiend Systems’ Richard Flanagan and Necrophone Games’ Luis Hernandez reveal why original art assets and a defining aesthetic style can count for more than polycounts and texture fidelity

Developer Cliff Belszinski has said that his next shooter will not be a free-to-play title after all. LawBreakers was announced last year. But despite some positive noises about the payment model to begin with, Bleszinski has said that the negative reaction to F2P has led to change of heart. "We …