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The Scottish Games Network Ltd is thrilled to announce the inaugural Hello World! Scottish Students Startup Summit
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The 15 awards were given out last night at the BFI Southbank, to studios and individuals
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JAKKS Pacific announced a partnership renewal with SEGA for the core the Sonic the Hedgehog collection, maintaining JAKKS as the franchise’s lead global toy partner
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The game jam is focused on games with a strong narrative and takes place from Friday
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Steer Studios joins Bandai Namco, Square Enix, and 2K in supporting Make-A-Wish International’s mission to unite the global games industry for good
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A new real-time plug-in for the Unreal and Unity game engines brings distortion-free, human-like vision to game players
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The world's longest-running public-voted games awards show has revealed it shortlist, with voting open now until October 31
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A first-of-its-kind international gathering exploring video games as culture will take place this November in Rome
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Xsolla will be official club sponsor, shirt sponsor and gaming partner for the Stevenage FC men’s and women’s teams
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Alex Boucher sat down at XDS with Nigel Franks, studio head at Snowed In Studios, to ask about his company, the state of the industry around it, and how you navigate being an external developer
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The Music+Sound Awards have announced the finalists for 2026, globally celebrating the composers, sound designers and wider creative talent whose work is shaping music and sound in gaming.
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Nominations are now being accepted for the 2026 MCV/DEVELOP "30 Under 30", which will be given the spotlight as part of MCV/DEVELOP #1012, appearing Jan 2027.
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![Screenshot 2026 07 28 120612 [Event news] Electric Square announced as sponsor of Outstanding Achievement Award category at Women in Games Awards 2026](https://mcvuk.com/wp-content/uploads/Screenshot-2026-07-28-120612-110x75.jpg)
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