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A charity that helps the physically disabled play video games has received death threats after refusing a donation from a charity event associated with GamerGate. We received an email requesting permission for a charity event from an associate of Mercedes Carrera,” the organisation said. Our immediate response was ‘absolutely, we …

Why are so many consumers reacting badly to video game Facebook advertising? The social network’s global director of gaming sales, Rick Kelley, tells MCV why publishers ought to cover up their salacious stars… At London Games Conference, you described Facebook as being a personal newspaper. What did you mean? Your …

Rise of the Tomb Raider will be published by Microsoft, presumably on both Xbox One and Xbox 360. That’s according to Xbox marketing boss Aaron Greenberg. Square Enix’s game rocked Gamescom in 2014 after it was unveiled as an Xbox exclusive. In the hours and days that followed non-Xbox owners …

Chilled Mouse will release its first game this month

Amazon has added a ‘Make An Offer’ option to some items that allows potential buyers to haggle with sellers. Reuters reports that the option is currently limited to 150,000 items in Amazon’s collectibles and fine art section on its US site. Users can submit an offers with sellers then able …

Over-the-top shooter franchise coming to both PC and mobile in the East

Bandai Namco is bundling three of its fighting titles into a single PS3 release. The SKU, called Fighting Edition, will include Tekken 6, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Soul Calibur V and will be released on December 19th. MCV has asked Bandai Namco how much it is going to cost. …

The director of Tekken 7 has said he will now not release a new character in the US after it received criticism on Neogaf. New character Lucky Chloe was revealed yesterday but received a mixed reception from users of the forum, with some accusing the game of defaulting to a …

Ustwo's acclaimed puzzler named best iPad game, while Sirvo number puzzler tops iPhone list

Localised IGN websites will launch in France and Brazil early next year. The Ziff Davis-owned games brand has teamed up with Webedia Group to launch in the new territories. Webedia owns entertainment websites AlloCine, AdoroCinema and JeauxVideo. IGN now has 23 international versions of its websites in 17 different languages. …