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Tribute paid to artist Kevin Kanai Griffith with reference to Diablo II accessible only during his birth month

While the idea of a developer deliberately breaking a game as an act of vengeance is a sexy one, it looks as if the truth behind yesterday’s Spintires fiasco is entirely less dramatic. It was claimed yesterday that Spintires creator Pavel Zagrebennyj had inserted a ‘timebomb’ bug into existing copies …

This week’s MCV investigates the indieapocalypse and asks: Is the sector really in jeopardy? We also talk with EA about its efforts to fix its reputation amongst PC Gamers, while Ubisoft discusses the mammoth potential for its new IP: The Division. Elsewhere, Hewson Consultant’s CEO Rob Hewson explains why now …

Flying Mollusk’s Nevermind will be the first title to track level of anxiety through a camera, and adjust gameplay accordingly

Book publishing giant Hachette is launching a book mobile app that combines reading with gameplay. The firm has teamed up with New Star Games and Martyn Brown’s Insight Studios to create a New Star Soccer Story, which is based on the 20m-selling New Star Soccer mobile game. The title will …

The great and the good of the UK games industry will tomorrow head to the Hilton Bankside Hotel, London for the MCV Awards 2016. But if you can’t make it, log on to Twitch.tv which will be live-streaming the entire event. The live-streaming video platform is also sponsoring the Digital …

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has once again challenged the fanboys of social media by stating that those who wish a game to fail because of its host platform aren’t real gamers. As spotted by GameSpot, when asked on Twitter what games he was most looking forward to in 2016, Spencer …

The eSports scene within the UK is an extremely exciting emerging sector, boasting a mix of promising young talent and ambition on one side, with a somewhat clique nature and a drop of British cynicism on the other. The biggest tournaments across the US, Europe and Korea boast multi-million dollar …

Online PC digital retail giant Steam is changing up how its pricing for bundles works. According to official documentation sent from Steam to developers – obtained by PCGamesN – the retailer is automatically giving buyers a discount on bundle pricing if consumers already own some of the games in a …

The next instalment in BioWare’s epic sci-fi RPG series will miss its Christmas 2016 release date. As reported by VG247, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen told attendees at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference that the game will be out in the first quarter of 2017. The holiday 2016 …