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Launching Early Access hit Ark: Survival Evolved in a box would exponentially increase its sales, says developer Studio Wildcard. The firm says that it is eyeing up a physical release for its dinosaur survival game when it is fully completed. GameStop in America currently sells POSA Steam cards for the …

A new UK games event wants to be ‘the gateway to Europe’ for the global games market. GamerMania is being organised by the team behind MCM Expo, and is set to take place at London Excel between July 29th and 31st 2016. The new consumer show does not view itself …

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Sims fans will have to wait an extra couple of weeks to party on down. The second expansion pack for The Sims 4, Get Together, has been postponed until December 8th in the US, with a full worldwide launch promised by the end of the week – making a December …

Iconic developer Rare turns 30 this year, and MCV has interviewed the firm’s current boss about its work with its community, and how it is winning generations of fans back. Producer Adam Park tells MCV about what makes Rare so special as a developer, and what is coming next. We …

Digital publishers and retailers should be worried by the new Consumer Rights Act, top legal experts have warned. The Act will put pressure on publishers to stop releasing broken games. The new laws mean that the rights of digital buyers now align with physical buyers – both can now get …

It seems that things aren’t going completely as planned for Bethesda’s upcoming free-to-play third-person shooter Battlecry. After a big reveal in May of last year, the multiplayer-focused title has remained primarily out of the spotlight. There were plans for a closed beta (which eventually failed to take place) and a …

Six YouTube stars known for their hugely popular FIFA videos have been targeted by hackers. AnesonGib, W2S, Nepenthez, Nick28T, Bateson87 and matthdgamer have a combined audience of more than five million YouTube subscribers and post guides, tips and more video each week, with each video often seeing hundreds of thousands …