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Popular games presenter and media personality Julia Hardy will host this year’s MCV’s Women in Games Awards. Hardy has just been announced as the presenter of Radio 1’s new monthly video games show and has a great deal of experience in hosting TV shows and events. Her CV includes presenting …

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Bayonetta and Scalebound creator explains the freedom that building on existing franchises can offer

Sony has revealed a PlayStation 4 and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End hardware bundle. The package (pictured) features grey blue shading, and the console itself is adorned with a decal of Nathan Drake from the artwork for A Thief’s End. It will be released alongside the game on April 29th …

Full capabilities of standard software, including real-time lighting and shadows, UI and object transformation, demonstrated in VR

Developer Bohemia Interactive has said that a recent forum hack has led to a security breach of user data. While users’ passwords were not stored in plain text, they, along with all usernames and passwords, were illicitly accessed and downloaded. While the passwords were not stored in plain text, but …

Ori and the Blind Forest composer Gareth Coker listed alongside film musicians in Breakthrough Composer of the Year category

Industry veteran working with Aspirations Academy Trust to offer 3,000 students base knowledge to work in games

Industry veteran Ian Livingstone is opening two academies in Tower Hamlets and Bournemouth. The Livingstone Academies will provide 3,000 students a ‘rigorous education’ based in the STEAM subjects. That’s science, technology, engineering, arts and maths. These institutions will be opening under the Aspirations Academy Trust. As a part of the …

Publisher 505 Games has announced a brand new franchise called Portal Knights. And what’s more – consumers can play the title from February 25th, when the title launches onto Steam’s Early Access. The title is a 3D sandbox role-playing game and has a magical setting. Consumers can play as one …