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Microsoft has revealed that its Halo World Championship tournament will kick off at the start of this December. The event will debut on December 6th with online ladders. Then between December 19th 2015 and January 31st 2016, Xbox will be holding its online qualifiers and regional in-person live events. From …

Site set up by industry veterans gets community involved in everything from conception to release

Konami has revealed exactly what it’s going to do with the Euro 2016 licence – give away the content for free. PES 2016 caused a fuss at launch when it shipped without updated squad rosters that reflected the summer transfer activity. Konami’s admission that this would take a month to …

Xbox One appears to be on the cusp of welcoming two big PC titles into its ranks. Videogamer reports that a digital listing for Chivalry: Medieval War has cropped up on the Xbox Store. The port will include support for 24 online players, offer in excess of 25 battlefields and …

Crysis developer Crytek has released a free VR demo on Steam that allows players to catch a glimpse of the Jurassic. Back to Dinosaur Island isn’t really a game, but it does offer a great taste of the tech’s potential. It seems to also serve as a taster for the …

Concluding our new series of interviews, a mobile gamer learns more about the development process

Animation specialist to provide middleware for Tomb Raider and Final Fantasy publisher

That’s no moon: that’s one of the biggest brands in entertainment targeting the games market once again. As Battlefront lands at retail, MCV looks at merchandise with the greatest Force The galactic might of Star Wars has returned to the world of games. Star Wars Battlefront is arguably the biggest …

First title, Dungeon Monsters, due for release early next year

GAME CEO Martyn Gibbs takes MCV on a tour of the company’s flagship Westfield Stratford outlet, and reveals the latest innovations taking place in games retail BRINGING TOYS TO LIFE We make three times the margin on accessories in terms of total value than we do on hardware. We spend …