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After a weak start, there are signs that Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate may be winning favour with gamers. Week one sales for the game were lower than any other main entry in the series in the UK, and yesterday Ubisoft president and CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed that global week one sales …

MCV’s vital guide to key UK games agencies and services will return next month, and deadline for entries is tomorrow. Now simply called the Directory, this is an interactive website and printed book that will featurethe best names in Quality Assurance, Localisation, Public Relations, Creative Agencies, Payment Methods, Recruitment, Accessories, …

New study shows more than half of all Americans aged 18 to 49 play on dedicated games devices

Whismical animal titles, make-it-yourself games, interactive movies, VR: PlayStation was certainly playing with fire at Paris Games Week. Will it pay off? Read this week’s MCV and find out. We also speak with HTC as the phone maker prepares to release its Vive virtual reality headset in a potentially market-changing …

Educational game MolCraft being trialled in London

Retailer Amazon has rolled out its new range of quick delivery options to some parts of the UK. Prime Now, which for an additional 6.99 on top of Amazon prime membership offers to deliver orders within the hour, is now available in Central London and Birmingham. Over 10,000 items are …

Next year looks like one of the busiest in PlayStation’s history, but Sony says the packed release schedule won’t see it move away from deals with big third-party games. 2015 has arguably been defined by Sony’s reliance on third-party partnerships with major titles such as Star Wars Battlefront, Call of …

We speak to Brash Monkey’s Mike Parent about its 2D animation tool

New study from Pollen VC and Priori Data dispels some of the myths about the lack of success in mobile

A new study from the Pew Research Centre has strengthened the argument that console content makers should be making more effort to appeal to females. Its Technology Device Ownership 2015 report shows that 42 per cent of US women own a games console compared to 37 per cent of men. …