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Media giant IGN is the latest firm to partner with the 2015 MCV Awards. "The MCV Awards highlight the best of the games industry and IGN is delighted to be a part of that celebration," said Dan Kilby, commercial projects and marketing manager at IGN parent firm Ziff Davis International. …

SCE's PlayStation First initiative is seeing raising talent join established indies, and it appears everyone involved is set to gain

Developer Powerhoof has been given the nod to introduce Valve co-founder Gabe Newell into its new dungeon crawler Crawl. As reported by Polygon, artist Barny Cumming said that the addition of Newell as one of the game’s bosses has been at the top of my list since the very start". …

The voice actress who said that Konami fired Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has withdrawn the claims. Konami is correct in that Kojima has not actually been fired,” Donna Burke wrote on Facebook, as spotted by Videogamer. As I stated previously he and his team are still working hard …

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Monolith Software’s tactical RPG brand mash-up Project X Zone 2 will be released for the 3DS in the West, Bandai Namco has said. The game will be released both physically and digitally some time this autumn. Licenses to feature include Capcom’s Resident Evil, Devil May Cry and Megaman, Namco’s Tekken, …

Devs will be able to use popular game engine for titles on Nintendo’s latest handhelds

MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, it’s a mouse and keyboard combo with Cougar’s 300M and Turtle Beach’s Impact 700 Cougar 300M Gaming Mouse PC peripherals specialist Cougar has bolstered its M series of gaming mice with a brand new product. The …

According to research outlet McCormick AMS, Irish gamers spent €206m (149.1m) on boxed video games in 2014. However, when compared to figures published by the firm for 2012, this represents a decline in games retail of around 17 per cent, with spending in 2012 totalling €248m (178.8m). Meanwhile, market tracker …

MMO publisher continues expansion into smart devices with investment in This Game Studio