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This week we’ve been celebrating the 20th birthday of PlayStation (well, the Japanese birthday anyway). Sony threw a party, put together a lovely grey PS4 model, sold it for 19.94 and then gamers immediately put it on eBay. The media ran nostalgia-tinged articles on the birth of a new gaming …

News-themed gaming, educational Minecraft and games charity all honoured in annual list

Project management software revamps UI, now available for $20 per month

The flight simulation market has finally something to cheer at Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition will launch on December 18th. It means that flight sim developers will be free to build add-ons for the hit title once again. The title will be available just for PC and has been …

Brian Fargo's studio registers Meantime and Van Buren as potential future projects

Developers offer thanks, add stretch goals

DayZ creator sets up new developer in New Zealand

Publisher Take-Two has slammed Target and Kmart’s decision to pull GTA V from its shelves. The two Australian retailers took the game off its shelves last week due to consumer pressure regarding the game’s content. "It’s one thing for someone to not want to buy a piece of content, which …

With the holiday season just around the corner, MCV looks at the best stocking-sized gifts to make gamers’ Christmas wishes come true Christmas: the season for socks, excessive consumption and – of course – giving gifts. With a slew of new titles hitting shelves throughout November, gamers are set to …

Intel Developer Blog: Why more developers are turning to HTML5 when porting their games