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New character Zarya "a step in the right direction" as consumers call for more varied casts in video games

Reallusion teams up with Allegorithmic and Glare Technologies for animation tool

MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, Venom’s wireless vibration headset shakes up the market and Orb charges ahead with its Xbox One controller dock Venom Wireless Vibration XT+ Headset Venom has launched a wireless version of its popular XT+ gaming headset. The …

World of Warcraft and Hearthstone developer Blizzard has said that the latest character revealed for upcoming shooter Overwatch demonstrates an renewed commitment to diversity in games. New character Zarya eschews many of the typical traps that female games characters fall victim to – such as unpractical armour designed purely to …

Applications due on May 3rd for popular annual student development contest with new, wider criteria

Click Entertainment has signed on as a Gold Partner for this year’s MCV Awards. Click Entertainment is proud to sponsor the MCV Awards and even prouder to be nominated three years running," commentedJake Wright, head of business development at Click Entertainment. "Thank you for your continued support.” Click joins previously …

Stoic's Alex Thomas working on procedurally generated 2D stealth game

The events firm behindthe UK’s first eSports arena- Gfinity – has said it has plans to open an even larger capacity venue. "Ideallywe’d like to build a larger capacity dedicated arena in the UK, but during a period of such fast growth (Gfinity is experiencingapproximately30,000 sign ups each month), it’s …

Brian Moriarty seeks collaboration with leading studios on follow-up to classic adventure game

Blizzard has said that the next Hearthstone expansion will be called Blackrock Mountain and will be released in April. The single player expansion will follow the pattern laid down by the first expansion, Curse of Naxxramas, in releasing a new ‘wing’ week-by-week. Unlike Naxxrama, however, the first wing will not …