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The first game in the Dragon Age series (2009’s Dragon Age: Origins) was so popular that at the time it eclipsed even the iconic Mass Effect series in sales, shifting more than 3.2 million units. The role-playing franchise returned in 2011 for Dragon Age II which, although successful commercially and …

Outsourcing specialist to expand operations with new staff

Blizzard’s World of Warcraft spin-off Hearthstone has been released on Android tablets at last. The game is currently only available in a few territories – namely Australia, New Zealand and Canada – but will likely rollout to all in the coming days. Those who download the Android version will get …

Forge of Empires developer creating 3D RPG for mobile devices

German developer and publisher BitComposer has filed for insolvency. The studio claimed its own problems stemmed from the financial difficulties of its suppliers in game development”.Despite claiming its operations are running smoothly” amidst what it has termed a crisis, the company is now seeking a new investor to ensure it …

Mobile service with more than 100m active users launches new platform

Studio declares gaming operations ‘running smoothly’ as it searches for an investor

The fourth patch for Assassin’s Creed: Unity has been delayed so Ubisoft can add further improvements. Chief among them seems to be what the publisher has described as a refurbishment” of Paris. As stated last week, we’d expected to release the patch today (and we know that many are anticipating …

MCV and its sister publication Develop are once again teaming up for our annual salary survey, forming a detailed look at the games industry jobs market in 2015. The survey is open to anyone in the games market, including developers, publishers, retailers, services companies and more – no matter where …

Debut title Ranch Run to release worldwide in January