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We’ve teased you with details of some of the key conference sessions we have lined up for this year’s London Games Conference; now we’ve provided the full schedule you have to look forward to next month. The London Games Conference returns for its seventh outing on Thursday November 19th, from …

It’s been a busy 12 months for GAME, following the High Street retailer’s acquisition of eSports specialist Multiplay, hectic Black Friday last year and return to the PC space. MCV asksCEO Martyn Gibbs (pictured, left) and CFO Mark Gifford (pictured, right) about the firm’s GAME plan for the next 12 …

Like many development studios, Holland-based Abbey Games was set up by a group of friends who shared a passion for video games. The four founders, Adriaan Jansen, Bas Zalmstra, Maarten Wiedenhof and Manuel Kerssemakers met as prospective game programmers at University of Utrecht and decided to set up a studio …

Long the home of online games, South Korea’s industry saw a shake-up in 2014. According to the Korea Internet and Digital Entertainment Association, online gaming comprises three-fifths of South Korea’s exports revenue. This is of little surprise when you consider that the country is home to major firms in the …

Sony’s long-overdue European press conference took place last night in Paris, and as usual we were greeted with some quirkly games, and some major triple-A reveals, too. Here are the top 11 things from the show: 1. Quantic Dream is back with Detroit (and the return of Kara) One of …

Upcoming sci-fi adventure game No Man’s Sky will launch this June, developer Hello Games has announced. The studio released a new trailer for the game during Sony’s PlayStation Paris Games Week event, revealing the title will launch simultaneously on PS4 and PC this coming June. No Man’s Sky is currently …

Bandai Namco has revealed Tekken 7 will receive a worldwide console release on PS4, with the publisher teasing unspecified support for PlayStation VR as well. The console version was unveiled as part of Sony’s PlayStation Paris Games Week event. Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada said the PS4 port will be the …

Street Fighter V will launch on PS4 this Feburary in Europe and North America, Capcom has revealed. Executive producer Yoshinori Ono presented a new trailer for the title during Sony’s PlayStation Paris Games Week event, announcing it will release for Sony’s console on February 16th. Along with the release date, …

It seems that Nintendo could well announce its first smartphone game tomorrow. The Wii U and 3DS platform holder will tomorrow announce its latest financials, and analyst Serkan Toto says the news will be accompanied by details of the first game to stem from its partnership with DeNA. One day …

In more news presumably intended to be revealed at Sony’s Paris Games Week conference tonight, details about the platform holder’s eSports platform have arrived online. IGN spotted what appears to be a homepage for something called the PlayStation Plus League. The portal name-drops a host of titles including PES 2016, …