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This week’s exclusive PS4 release The Order: 1886 is facing criticism after a video has suggested it can be completed in under six hours. A YouTuber called PlayMeThrough posted a complete run through of the game over the weekend, which clocked in at five and a half hours. The Order …

Cat Channon, international director of public relations at Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment UK, recalls her journey into the games industry My first job was at an independent games exchange – I was surrounded by a library of games old and new that I could play almost all day, every day. …

Nordic looks to be preparing a handful of its IPs for an HD re-release on next-gen consoles. AllGamesBeta spotted a listing for Darksider II: Definitive Edition for PS4 hidden on Amazon’s website. Also spotted were listings for Legend of Kay HD (PS4), The Book of Unwritten Tales 2 (PS4, Xbox …

The last time MCV met with Capcom’s UK team, they were full of optimism. It was early 2012 and the next year was to mark the arrival of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Street Fighter X Tekken, DmC: Devil May Cry and Resident Evil 6. The products were in place …

The ESL UK Premiership, the company’s largest tournament since 2010, has been announced today for UK-only Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and League of Legends players to win 12,000. The tournaments will be spread over two months of online brackets to culminate in an offline finals at London MCM Comic Con over …

Squarehead Studios founder Rhys Lewis talks about his transition from A.I. lead at Retro Studios, to a one-man indie development team

Don Mattrick needs to go – that’s according to BTIG analyst Rich Greenfield. Polygon reports that Greenfield has published a paper called "Zynga Needs A New Leader – Time for Don Mattrick To Go", criticising the exec for the company’s purchase of Clumsy Ninja developer Natural Motion for $527m and …

Chris Davis discusses the early days of the prison breaking game and how players have helped shape it

Valve’s MOBA title Dota 2 hit an important milestone over the weekend. The hugely popular game passed the 1m concurrent players barrier, topping out at 1,060,082 players. It’s the first game to hit seven figures in the history of Steam. The only game to hit six figures was fellow Valve …

After a series of programming jobs at firms including Sony, Climax and more, Smalley became CTO of If You Can in 2013. If You Can is an adventure game for iPad that aims to teach children social and emotional learning, with the aim of improving their emotional intelligence and helping …