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The growing appeal of the FIFA series in the US is helping to increase the popularity of an obscure sport called ‘pro soccer’ in the region. We think EA means ‘football’, so we’re going to work on that pretence. Apparently 34 per cent of US gamers who’ve played FIFA have …

The first episode of a documentary following professional eSports players is set for release this Saturday. ‘Team Razer: Great Games’ is a three-part documentary following members of Team Razer, and focusing on three big pro-gaming titles – StarCraft II, Dota 2 and League of Legends. A new episode of the …

MCV uncovers the brightest young things currently working in games retail, publishing, events, marketing, PR and journalism – the industry’s top 30 under 30. Sponsored by: Andy TomlinsonPolicy Officer, UKIEAge: 29 Since Tomlinson joined UKIE in 2012, he’s been responsible for putting together industry responses to more than 30 consultations …

Are you the ultimate festive fashionista? If so, you could be in with a chance of winning a brand new PlayStation Xmas jumper. We’re offering one of the latest Christmas jumpers from merchandise firm Numskull to one lucky attendee at next week’s games industry Christmas Quiz from MCV and Develop. …

Develop asks why devs should upgrade to Audiokinetic's biggest update to the tool yet

An Xbox One with four games will apparently feature as part of GAME’s Black Friday sale kicking off tonight. A HotUKDeals user claims to have seen a TV ad for a 299.99 bundle including a console, controller and copies of Forza Motorsport 5, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, Assassin’s Creed: Unity …

11 Bit Studios’ PC title This War of Mine is already in the black. The downbeat war survival title recouped its development costs after just two days of availability on Steam, the studio has said, with sales coming from customers spread across 92 countries. 33 per cent of sales came …

Sony’s PS4 may be regarded as having more technical power than Xbox One, but it looks like Microsoft’s machine wins when it comes to raw strength. As in, physical strength. Wired’s Battle Damage series recently tested both consoles for durability and it was the Xbox One that emerged as the …

Expert advice on building your own development team

Interconnected, heavily socialised games such as Destiny are asking questions of how the press reviews games. That’s according to Bungie COO Pete Parsons who has told Games Industry that the current way in which games are reviewed doesn’t give titles like Destiny a fair crack of the whip. I think …