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Tarquin Henderson, head of EMEA Gaming Sales at Facebook, sat down with MCV to talk about the firm’s plans for Gamescom, wider industry trends, and what the social network giant is doing to push video games to the masses. What brings you to Gamescom? Gamescom is a big deal for …

Gamescom exhibitors rejoice – next year’s show will return to a late August date. The Cologne trade fair was forced to take place earlier this year due to the vacation period in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It means the show starts just six weeks after E3, which has …

Godus may have sparked controversy in its home territory, but that hasn’t stopped 22cans taking the title to new markets. The studio has today announced a new partnership with Chinese web and mobile games publisher LongTu Games, which will see Godus localised and published across various app stores in China. …

There’s a big caveat to note here before we even begin – Windows 10 is currently free to the vast majority of Windows owners. This has never happened before, and the upgrade is as simple as clicking on the notification in your system tray, waiting for your turn and giving …

The PS4’s dashboard What’s New section has let slip two bits of interesting PS4 news. As spotted by Neogaf, Sony is introducing a Vote to Play system that will allow PS4 owners to vote on what title they want included in a future PlayStation Plus Instant Games Catalogue selection. Whichever …

Canada-based dev Icejam turns real-world data into a playable form

Molyneux’s studio will team up with LongTu Games to take the god game to the East

World of Tanks firms seeking studios interested in new development partnerships

You fire up the dusty old computer. A search engine fizzes through the scan lines. In the text box, a single word: MURDER. Below, five videos, each with the same woman. You play one. The women begins to tell her story. This is how the latest game from former Silent …

The studio tells us why it's backing Microsoft's new OS and discusses the process of bringing games to the platform