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Select developers will receive virtual reality tools later this spring

The three biggest games of the year will all come out within weeks of one another. Last week at the Star Wars Celebration in California, EA announced that Star Wars: Battlefront will launch on November 20th. The game will compete with Halo 5: Guardians (out October 27th) and Call of …

Fewer UK consumers are pre-ordering video games, MCV can reveal. 20 per cent of UK gamers say they are either pre-ordering fewer titles, or have stopped pre-ordering altogether. This comes from a survey conducted by Ipsos MORI’s GameTrack project on behalf of MCV. Nine per cent of those surveyed said …

With Skylanders, Disney Infinity, LEGO Dimensions and Amiibo, the toys-to-life space has never been so competitive. But who is going to lose out? We speak to some of the genre’s experts to find out. We also look back at the winners of this year’s MCV Awards in pictures, including a …

The Overlord series is returning, publisher Codemasters has confirmed. The publisher yesterday released a teaser for the title, more details of which are due to be released this afternoon. Details about the game remain scarce, although the video below suggests it will be a four-player top down affair and quite …

Newzoo has released info from its upcoming Global Games Market Report, with the research firm projecting worldwide revenue to jump 9.4 per cent to $91.5bn this year. Games Industry points to Newzoo’s findings, which also projects the Chinese market surging past US this year as the single largest contributor to …

FPS survival sequel Killing Floor 2 is now available in Early Access on Steam, developer Tripwire has announced. The current pre-release version of the six-player co-op game is being offered in standard ($29.99) and digital deluxe ($39.99) packages, with the Steam page also offering a six pack for $149.95 and …

World of Warcraft lead designer Rob Pardo has joined Unity in a creative advisor role for the game engine’s community of developers. The ex-Blizzard CCO states that the new part-time gig will include Pardo traveling the globe – visiting devs and studios across Asia, Europe and North America to discuss …

Industry veteran embarking on global tour to share industry wisdom with developers

The Games Media Awards will return on October 14th. Taking place at the Bloomsbury Ballroom, near Holborn tube station in London, the awards celebrate the best of games writing and the games media in the UK. Last year, the revamped event gave out the majority of its prizes to individual …