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Spaces are filling up fast at the first ever MCV and Develop Games Industry Christmas Quiz. A combined effort between the two publications, the festive battle of wits is open to the entire UK games industry, pitting developers against publishers, retailers, media firms and more. Firms already signed up include …

LittleBigPlanet 3 developer Sumo Digital has performed a management buyout from previous owner Foundation 9. With the help of investment from NorthEdge Capital, the management team of CEO Carl Cavers, COO Paul Porter, CFO Chris Stockwell and executive art director Darren Mills are now set to split away from the …

Organisation now offering Pre-Production Accelerator and Finishing Fund for indies

UK developer Jagex in the process of laying off an unknown number of staff. The studio is currently in a consultation process with members of the Transformers Universe team, according toGames Industry. Those affected will either be made redundant or moved to other Jagex teams, working on flagship product RuneScape, …

Decision comes "at the end of a long period of deliberation"

Private equity NorthEdge Capital firm invests in Sheffield studio

Nintendo has named and pictured the characters that will feature in its third and fourth wave of Amiibo releases. Gematsu lists the third wave as Bowser, Ike (Fire Emblem), King DeDeDe (Kirby), Lucario (Pokemon), Meta Knight (Kirby), Rosalina & Luma (Mario Galaxy), Sheik (Zelda) and the cel-shaded version of Link …

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has taken over the top spot on Steam’s weekly best sellers chart. The latest in Activision’s hit FPS franchise beat out runner-up Football Manager 2015, while popular indie game re-release The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth finished in third. Advanced Warfare’s Digital Pro Edition also made …

Telltale’s Game of Thrones will take place across six episodes, the development studio has revealed. The episode total is one more than Telltale’s other episodic games, such as The Walking Dead Season One and Season Two, Tales from the Borderlands and The Wolf Among Us. In a new tease on …

Re-Logic’s hit indie sandbox adventure game Terraria is set to launch on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this week. Publisher 505 Games has announced the PS4 version of the title will release on November 11th, while the Xbox 360 version is scheduled for November 14th. The current-gen console editions boast …