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Principal game designer Jonathan Hamel and director of narrative design Eric Nylund quit studio

North American mo-cap firm licences DI4D facial performance tech for future projects

Developing a game is no small endeavour, and tracking its progress is essential. We find out how version management tools can help

Services firm adds US art outsourcing studio to its offering

PAY ATTENTION: The MCV Awards will take place slightly earlier next year. It’s all part of a move to a new venue – the brand new Hilton London Bankside anda new time of year: March 3rd, 2016. As usual, the MCV Awards will acknowledge the best of the best in …

The long running feud between Gearbox and 3D Realms is officially over. Rumours of a settlement surfaced in May but now the pair have officially declared their truce, with Gearbox emerging as the full owner of the franchise. Gearbox Software has voluntarily ended its litigation against Interceptor Entertainment and 3D …

At E3 2014, Bethesda told MCV that it had never announced a game at the LA show before. 12 months later, not only did the firm announce projects, they actually launched one, and did so via a curtain-raising press conference brimming with confidence. In an act of stated symbolism, Fallout …

As a Resident Evil 2 remake is announced, we look at why the games industry is going back to the 1990s. We speak to Playtonic Games boss Gavin Price as well as Capcom UK’s Brian Ayers and SCEE’s Jim Ryan about why the industry is turning back the clock 20 …

Augmented reality firm CastAR has raised more than $15m in a Series A funding round. Seed investors Playground Global provided funds for the investment round, which goes toward the continued development of CastAR’s titular AR glasses – currently scheduled for commercial launch in 2016. "Among all the confusion about what …

Final Fantasy VII is now available for iPhones and iPads on the Apple App Store, Square Enix has announced. The $19.99 mobile release is a port of the current PC version on Steam, with a few notable tweaks including touch controls and easy button” options for turning off random encounters …