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A string of 18-rated games front the Assassin’s Creed brand, but Ubisoft wants to explore ways to sell the franchise to children. That’s according to the publisher’s international brand manager Yannick Spagna, who Games Industry reports told the GameON Finance conference in Toronto that licensing deals can achieve things traditional …

The game at the centre of a 3DS hacking method has been pulled from sale. Ubisoft platformer Cubic Ninja was only ever released digitally in Japan but Tiny Cartridge reports that Nintendo has now pulled the game from the region’s eShop. MCV last week reported that a new hack for …

Social network's Dan Rose explains why company purchased virtual reality pioneer

Studio developing tech to power synchronous multiplayer on mobile

The president of GameStop has warned the games industry that it risks repeating the mistake of the music and film sectors by devaluing its main commodity. The average price being paid by a customer rate full game triple-A download is $22,” president Tony Bartel told investors, as transcribed by Seeking …

Project unexpectedly cancelled by publisher, other games unaffected

The UK firm celebrates its 20th anniversary this year – and its story often mirrors that of the wider games market

The PS4 and Xbox One release of Grand Theft Auto V has seen Rockstar’s game recapture the UK No.1 crown. The game already claimed the crown of being the single biggest grossing title following its 2013 debut and now also becomes the highest grossing ever game in the UK, beating …

They might deal with swords and shields, but fantasy games remain as popular as ever in the modern games market. MCV sets off on a quest Fantasy has come a long way since the dice-rolling days of the original Dungeons and Dragons. With floods of video game titles allowing players …

Broken Age developer Double Fine has laid off 12 staff in the wake of losing a publishing deal for an announced project. Double Fine founder Tim Schafer informed Gamasutra of the bad news regarding the San Francisco-based independent studio. "One of our unannounced projects was unexpectedly cancelled by its publisher, …