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Games industry trade and consumer games event Gamescom has partnered with the 2015 MCV Awards. Tim Endres, Gamescom project manager, commented: "We are delighted that, this year, we too have been able to welcome MCV as a partner. "The MCV Awards and Games Media Awards are fixtures in the national …

Square Enix has confirmed that Koei Tecmo’s Team Ninja studio is to develop a Dissidia Final Fantasy title for arcades. Siliconera reports that the announcement was made at the Closed Conference 2015 event in Japan, attended by Sony Computer Entertainment president Atsushi Morita. He confirmed that the game is being …

Running With Scissors has taken umbrage with Google Play’s rejection of a mobile version of Postal, the 1997 title based on mass murders. The developer says Google turned down the game due to gratuitous violence”, but points to other violent games on its marketplace,Eurogamerreports. It seems we have hit a …

New studio wants to develop games for existing IP

Its failure to access the console ecosystem was the main cause behind the eventual demise of streaming games platform OnLive, one of its key competitors has said. Onlive was a heck of a competitor to Gaikai, at every single turn we made different choices. It was very worrying, were we …

We discuss the move to free with Crytek, Epic and Unity and take a look at Valve’s Source 2 engine, Autodesk’s Stingray, alternative tech and more

eSports organisation Major League Gaming has reported strong growth for its online MLG.tv platform. Viewers on its channel MLG.tv have jumped 253 per cent year-on-year during the first quarter of 2015. Growth is averaging about 70 per cent per quarter, although the Q1 numbers beat both of the previous quarters …

Current players of Bethesda’s MMO title The Elder Scrolls Online are being offered the chance to switch to consoles at a discounted fee. Eurogamer reports that owners are able to migrate their characters and progress from PC to either PS4 or Xbox One for 12.99. That price includes a digital …

Virtual reality. It’s a phrase that’s often thrown around with both excitement and wariness – some proclaim it as the next big leap in gaming technology, while others question its potential outside of a niche audience. While the current wave of virtual reality may have started as the dream of …

Upcoming Wii U multiplayer shooter Splatoon is missing a key feature common the genre deliberately, its co-director has said. "When I played online games, I didn’t like the negativity I got and people telling me, ‘You’re crap, go away’," Yusuke Amano said in the latest edition of Edge magazine. So …