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The upcoming Xbox One Elite controller will arrive next month, according to its listing on the Microsoft Store. The peripheral’sstore pagenow displays a release date of October 27th, meaning it will launch alongside Halo 5: Guardians. The $150 controller features swappable thumbsticks and D-pads, interchangeable paddles allowing for less hand …

Square Enix has cancelled Final Fantasy Agito Plus for Vita. The studio announced the news via the game’s official Twitter page. It was scheduled to arrive this past January in Japan, but ended up being delayed. Final Fantasy Agito originally launched in Japan on Android and iOS last May, though …

Revolution Software COO and co-founder Noirin Carmody has been named UKIE Chair. She replaces Andy Payne, who steps down after more than ten years in the role. However, Payne remains with UKIE on the Board and will take up the role of treasurer, replacing Sega’s John Clark. Clark joins the …

The company behind MCM London Comic Con is launching a completely new event dedicated to video games. Hosted by MCM Central, GamerMania will take place in the ExCel London venue – the current home of Comic Con – between July 29th and 31st next year. That means the event falls …

Activision, publishers of the perennial Call of Duty franchise, today announced they are forming a standardised global league for eSports competition. The news comes ahead of Black Ops III’s November 6 launch, and details eSports-friendly features to be included in the upcoming title, such as spectator mode ‘CODcasting’ and built-in …

If you visited MCV Towers at all this summer, there’s a good chance you would have heard the words ‘Rocket’ and ‘League’ echo around the floors. We’ve loved the car-football title here, and the fact it has been played by 6m people suggests that we’re not the only ones. That …

Tenth anniversary edition of ranking will name the world’s best game studios

'What you’ve achieved as UKIE’s chair has been outstanding and can’t ever be over-estimated,' says Jo Twist

Since 2004, Andy Payne has been leading the UK games industry at its trade body, UKIE. After more than a decade in the role, he is stepping down as UKIE’s chairman. Here members of the games industry –from investors to PRs, from publishing execs to members of the trade body …

All game development halted as 15 staff are laid off