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The Witcher III notched up 6m sales in just six weeks following its launch earlier this year. We speak to the game’s Senior Executive Producer John Mamais

The new title from Hideo Kojima’s new independent studio will be released on PC at some stage after it hits PS4. Sony has also said of Konami that the company will remain one of SCE’s most important publishers, and our relationship with them will not change Kojima’s partnership with Sony …

Strike Gamelabs director teams up with Unity's Oscar Clark to form entirely remote team of games developers

Chief of Tomb Raider studio departs after a decade on the team

After three months of searching,ESPNhas found an editor to helm its newesportssection, sources close to the candidate tell the Daily Dot. The worldwide leader in sports coverageposted the job listingon Sept. 3. And, after a long process of interviews with some of the biggest names in esports, someone has been …

The head of Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics is leaving the studio after ten years with the company. Darrell Gallagher was also Square Enix’s head of product development and Western studios where in the last year he has overseen the release of Western-made titles such as Life is Strange, Just …

New independent studio named Kojima Productions following the termination of MGS dev's contract at Konami

MCV and its sister publication Develop have once again launched our annual salary survey, forming a detailed look at the games industry jobs market in 2016. The survey is open to anyone in the games market, including developers, publishers, retailers, services companies and more – no matter where in the …

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BLH Venture Partners’ Ashish Mistry explains how companies, brands, and investors can capitalize on eSports. ESports is big business today, and it’s only just begun. The eSports ecosystem, a $278 million industry, could surpass $1 billion as early as 2018, according to research firm Newzoo. The firm estimates there are …