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E3 organisers ESA discuss the future of its event in this week’s MCV. That’s on top of an exclusive interview with Life Is Strange makers Dontnod, plus all the images and winners from this year’s MCV Awards. Elsewhere, we talk with gaming merchandise experts to find out how this market …

Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture racks up 10 awards nods, with Her Story and The Witcher III claiming seven each

UK retailer GAME says it will now offer a 24-hour customer service hotline by transferring it to an external partner. GAME currently handles customer services internally at its Basingstoke HQ, but can only be reached between 8am – 8pm (or 10am – 5pm on Sunday). According to employees at GAME’s …

Creatures Family to launch in 2017, preceded by "multi-platform teaser" releases

Fabric for Games web portal also launched

Well, The Division has got off to an absolute flyer. Ubisoft’s new Tom Clancy game has sold more copies in its first 24 hours than any other Ubisoft title in the company’s history, the firm states. So it’s bigger than any Assassin’s Creed or indeed Watch Dogs which, at the …

Crackdown 3 studio replaces Yager on long-awaited sequel to Techland property

UK studio Sumo Digital has been handed the task of developing Deep Silver’s Dead Island 2, MCV can reveal. The horror shooter was first announced at E3 2014 during PlayStation’s press conference, and was being developed by Spec Ops: The Line creators Yager. However, publisher Deep Silver terminated its relationship …

When the Manila Major has been announced, many Dota 2 enthusiasts have been asking about PGL. Why did Valve and the local organizers entrust this company with the task of co-producing the Spring Dota 2 Major? PGL, otherwise known as Professional Gamers’ League”, is an eSports brand registered under the …

Digital games tracker SuperData and physical charts specialists GfK are teaming up to produce a new UK chart. Published every month, the combined chart will count sales of console digital games, ending years of uncertainty around the performance of digital titles versus their physical counterparts. This will roll out across …