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NewBay Media has named four new senior directors to its reorganised European team. Andrew Wooden has been appointed Interactive Entertainment Content Director, managing the editorial for MCV, Develop, Toy News, PCR and more. Wooden is a former staff writer on MCV, and has worked on Future’s T3 publication. He was …

Microsoft and Creative England offer £100,000 in grants to local studios

All campaign missions available from the start in new Call of Duty as dev aims to give gamers more choice

It’s going to cost in the region of 90 to see everything that Star Wars battlefront has to offer at launch. The base game for Star Wars: Battlefront costs in the region of 40-60 depending on the format and the retailer. On Origin for PC, for instance, it costs 50. …

How to use simple lighting effects to create great emotional impact

The 16 players who will feature in the Hearthstone World Championship finals have now been decided. Yesterday’s American regional finals in San Francisco saw Justin ‘JAB’ Black, Dylan ‘Hotform’ Mullins, Victor ‘Nias’ Shelstad and overall winner Ryan ‘Purple’ Murphy-Root (who won $10k in the process) claim the four available spots. …

Cloud-based game development platform focuses on remote collaboration within the engine itself

Audio production specialist sponsors a Masterclass at November event

Developer Lilith announces new partnership with indie publisher