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MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, we check out the new Cloud headset from HyperX and battle with Venom’s latest arcade stick HyperX Cloud II Gaming Headset HyperX has released an updated version of its Cloud gaming headset. The HyperX Cloud II …

There’s another free-to-play game on the way to Microsoft’s Xbox One. City of Heroes and Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studios has confirmed that its F2P MMO Neverwinter will be released on the machine on March 31st. It was confirmed as being in development for the console last summer. Included …

Iceland is a thriving landscape for games, backed by strong government investment in the industry. According to technology website Wired, revenue from Iceland’s video games industry rose by more than 600 per cent between 2008 and 2011. Icelandic news outlet Eyjan reports that video games earned the country 1.9 billion …

The rumours were true – Lionhead’s Xbox One and PC multiplayer title Fable Legends will be free-to-play. That’s not just on PC, either, with the Xbox version also confirmed by Kotaku as being F2P. The free game will come with a story’s worth of free quests, with more to be …

We round-up the best games aimed at the widest possible audience

The sequel to the brutal Hotline Miami will be available digitally in just under two weeks time. Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number will be launching on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and Vita on March 10th. Given that this is a Tuesday, it’s likely that the PlayStation versions of the …

The developers of promising indie shooter Superhot has secured an extra $250,000 in funding. The new funds were revealed by Polish news siteGazeta Wyborcza, although Superhot co-creator Tomasz Kaczmarczyk toldPolygonthe team can’t release full details on the source of this finance due to non-disclosure agreeements. "I really can’t say much …

We talk to Ryan Payton about his experience with the latest version of the widely-used game engine

Respondez will serve as this year’s Award Partner for the MCV Awards. Respondez has been engaged in delivering customer service to the games industry for over 10 years," said Jay Patel, Respondez director. "We have seen the huge importance of service excellence and how this translates to game perception and …

Polish indie says additional finance removes worry about production budget