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Big UK games festival hopes to “spark innovation among young game creators”

MCV’s sister site PCR will host an exclusive live Q&A session with Microsoft next week focused on end support for Windows Server 2003 – sign up now and make sure you don’t miss out. The webinar will look at what dangers businesses face as Microsoft prepares to end support for …

2K Games has revealed that WWE 2K15 is to be released on PC. It’s the first time that a ‘proper’ entry in the wrestling series has graced the platform since 2002’s WWE Raw, which was published by THQ. WWE 2K15 was released on consoles last year. 2K has apparently taken …

Director Alex McLean on building a team focused on game engine development

If there were ever a week to highlight the disparity between the UK and Japanese games software markets, it would be this one. Last week saw the launch of Warner Bros’ open-world zombie-meets-parkour title Dying Light in Japan, almost two months after the game’s chart-topping success in the UK. The …

Lionhead boss John Needham has been promoted to a new role where he will oversee internal development for several games on Xbox and HoloLens. A Microsoft spokesperson toldEngadgetNeedham will report to Microsoft corporate VP Kudo Tsunoda:"With the exception of Halo, Gears of War, Forza and Minecraft, Kudo Tsunoda will lead …

A series of job cuts has been made throughout Disney Interactive, specifically the team behind kids games platform Club Penguin. Castanetclaims that multiple sources have reported layoffs across at least three branches of the company, due to low membership numbers and poor performance from the once popular property. The report …

John Needham heads to US for his new position at Microsoft's HQ

The BBC has confirmed the first official casting and plot details of its upcoming drama about the development of Grand Theft Auto. Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter, Horns) will star as Sam Houser and Bill Paxton (Aliens, Apollo 13) as lawyer Jack Thompson, as per previously rumoured. The show also has …

Grand Theft Auto V creator Rockstar has said that its Social Club service has not suffered a hack. For the past few days the developer has been inundated with complaints from gamers whose Rockstar Social Club accounts have been hijacked by others, locking them out of their account and in …