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The Dragon Quest franchise’s take on Minecraft will launch this January, Square Enix has announced. Dragon Quest Builders will arrive in Japan on January 28thfor PS3, PS4 and Vita, Square revealed at Sony’s Tokyo Game Show press conference. The publisher has yet to confirm if the game will receive a …

Among the news to emerge from Sony’s pre-TGS press briefing yesterday was confirmation of three new games heading to PlayStation. Square Enix’s Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, the fifth release in the series, will be released on PS4 and PS3 on February 25th. You can see its latest trailer below. …

Telltale has dated both the physical and retail releases of Minecraft: Story Mode. MCV had been told that the game would be released both digitally and on disc at the same time. This doesn’t appear to be the case, however. The first episode of the episodic series will arrive on …

The first examination of the UK games business in three years is now underway – and you can help. The 2015 Employment Census of the Creative Media Industries is being conducted by Creative Skillset in an effort to examine the makeup of the British industry and help companies and the …

Jo Twist replaces previous incumbent Marc Samuelson

The local body behind competitive gaming,Mind Sports South Africa(MSSA) has said in a statement that in order for South Africa to truly compete at an international level in eSports, more must be done at a school level. The MSSA believes that in order for eSports teams to become successful, a …

Having recovered from the heady heights of the second Major of the year, CS:GO tournament organisers have run into a week of reminders that not all events go swimmingly. Trouble began brewing at the start of the week as Slovenian tournament Gaming Paradise failed to begin on schedule as PCs …

A movie or TV series based on Psyonix’s car football title Rocket League could well be on the way. The firm’s VP of marketing and communications Jeremy Dunham told MCV that Psyonix has been approached by a number of companies and individuals to discuss the possibility of there being a …

Sony has followed news of a price cut for PS4 in Japan by announcing that the machine’s Chinese price is also being reduced. Analyst Serkan Toto spotted a Chinese language press release confirming that the machine will October 1st drop from CNY 2,800 (284) to CNY 2,399 (244). That’s a …

SVP of Product Stewart Bonn explains how a new Unity API will help the social network accomplish this