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Take-Two financials report DLC and virtual currenty revenues grew 47 per cent during the last year

2K Games will release a major triple-A game before March 2016, Take-Two has announced. The firm would not be drawn on what the game is, and CEO Strauss Zelnick would not even confirm if the title will appear at E3 next month. "We leave these announcements to the labels," he …

New Creative Skillset report looks at education, career development and diversity

Japanese publisher Capcom has said that remastered versions of its back catalogue of hit titles will be one of its focuses. In a Q&A, the company said that it has started ‘aggressive digital download sales activities’. It says that this is the result of it being harder to sell lower-priced …

Indie retail continues to flourish in Austria, as the country’s hypermarkets fail to make a significant dent in the games retail space. Additionally, the two largest grocery retailers in the country – Rewe International and Spar sterreichische Warenhandels – both have a minimal games offering, allowing specialist and independent games …

Mojang’s runaway success Minecraft continues to be incredibly popular on YouTube. Videos featuring the title were viewed 3,900m times, with 99 per cent of these being fan-made content. Minecraft videos formed 34 per cent of the Top 20 franchises. That’s according to a report released by research firm Newzoo and …

For more than two decades, Team 17 has helped to define the UK development sector. Now, it plans to redefine what it means to be a games publisher. Following her recognition as Person of the Year at 2015’s MCV Awards, MD Debbie Bestwick tells MCV more Team 17 remains one …

Former Mass Effect producer to focus on HoloLens

Take-Two has announced fourth quarter and full-year results for its most recently concluded fiscal year, revealing Grand Theft Auto V has shipped 52m units globally. Along with GTA V, the firm’s Q4 2015 benefited from Grand Theft Auto Online, Borderlands: The Handsome Collection, Evolve and NBA 2K15. In a subsequent …

Ex-BioWare executive producer Casey Hudson has joined Microsoft Studios in the role of creative director. Hudson has begun work at Microsoft’s offices in Redmond, Washington, where he’ll focus on development of games and experience for the firm’s HoloLens headset. The industry vet spent over a decade and half overseeing the …