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The MCV Awards are just one week away and a flurry of names are showing their support of the big event. Leading European games show Gamescom has signed as event partner, along with video hosting specialist Playwire. Gamescom project manager Tim Endres is looking forward to continuing a long-standing partnership …

Former Zynga SVP of games Mark Skaggs will serve as director for Indian mobile studio founded by ex-Zynga devs

PC Action RPG will be developed with Epic’s game engine by team of 70

2015 was not a big year for Take-Two. There was multiplayer shooter Evolve in February, GTA V was released on PC in April and, of course, the annual big hitters of NBA and WWE. But outside of that, it was an unusually quiet year for the publisher. And that’s a …

Secrecy over new console hardware is the ‘single most annoying thing for every dev’ says Moon Studios CEO Thomas Mahler

The likes of Official PlayStation Magazine,Venatus Media,IGN and Twitch discuss the state of the games media in this week’s issue. OPM’s Matthew Pellett shares how the publication managed to see a ten per cent jump in print circulation, while IGN talks about moving to every platform possible in order to …

That there was a new trailer for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End yesterday is not s surprise. That Assassin’s Creed made a cameo most definitely was. In one part of the trailer a painting is seen hanging on the wall. Unfortunately, the painting was actually a piece of Assassin’s Creed …

Former VP of EU major markets for triple-A publisher moves to QA and localisation specialist

The success that is LEGO Dimensions continues with confirmation that the series has achieved another UK sales goal. Warner Bros has told MCV that sales of the game’s accessories – which include Level, Team and Fun Packs – have now passed 1m units, reaching 1,062,630. That’s in addition to the …

Copied art from 2013’s Black Flag in A Thief’s End teaser spotted by Ubisoft head of content