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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, …

Nintendo is readying playable displays of several popular Wii U and 3DS games at multiple US malls this holiday season. The visits will begin tomorrow and run all the way up to the Sunday before Christmas. A total of 16 malls around the country will play host to Mario, Luigi, …

Far Cry 4 has proclaimed victory on the latest Steam weekly top ten sellers chart. The latest installment in the Far Cry franchise beat out surprise indie hit This War of Mine for peak position, with Ubisoft’s discounted Far Cry Franchise Pack making its mark yet again in fifth. Call …

The MCV Pacific Industry News E-Zine covers all the stories you should not have missed. Issue #5 covers November 17-21 , 2014. You can view this natively on your iPad via the JooMag App.

The first major announcement of new funding programs being made available for games since the Australian Interactive Games Fund was axed has happened in Victoria

A national rollout for GAMEtronics and a new online marketplace called GAME Marketplace are two of the initiatives planned for GAME in the coming year. In June 2013 we launched a trial of our ‘GAMEtronics’ concept, enabling customers to trade-in and purchase preowned smartphones, tablets and other technology products through …

Special Brit List will recognise Top 100 women in games, followed by February awards ceremony

Microsoft is offering one of its latest titles for free to celebrate Xbox One’s first birthday. Major Nelson says that Xbox Live Gold subscribers will tomorrow be able to download Insomniac’s Sunset Overdrive for free and play it for as long as they like until it is removed from the …

Tool supports development for iOS, Android, Windows, Blackberry and Mac

The man at the centre of a new 3DS exploit has said that he doesn’t want the method to open the door to new piracy on the machine. Illegal flashcards that allow for the playing of pirated games are already available online for 3DS, but homebrew software has until now …