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This year’s London Games Conference on November 19th will have a number of high profile speakers from around the games industry sharing their knowledge. Buzzfeed UK’s creative director Philip Byrne talks to MCV about some of the site’s marketing campaigns and what we can expect from his talk at this …

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Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was bigger in its first week than Call of Duty: Ghosts. That’s according to Activision based on GfK Chart-Track figures and its internal digital numbers. We are still awaiting the official report from the stat tracker to confirm the claim. It’s actually a little hard …

The convenience of the digital revolution comes at a price – publishers are able to mess with your products AFTER you buy them. Rockstar Nexus reports that an update to the Steam version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has retroactively removed 17 tracks from the game’s radio stations. The …

Blizzard’s weekend announcements included news of another expansion to card battler Hearthstone. While the previous Curse of Naxxramas update introduced a single player component, the new Goblins vs Gnomes focuses on the core multiplayer game by introducing 120 new cards. The cards can be won in the Arena mode or …

Ustwo’s mind-bending mobile puzzler Monument Valley has sold 1.4 million copies. The hit paid-for title was released in April earlier this year on iOS winning critical acclaim for its art style, music and gameplay. Ustwo is now preparing to release Forgotten Shores, a collection of eight new levels costing $1.99 …

New expansion Forgotten Shores to be released this week

Five years on from its last proper console release, the Tony Hawk series will return next year. I’m currently working with Activision on a console game for 2015 (along with a new mobile game),” the pro skater said. I think fans of THPS series will be hyped.” However, the previously …

Like, OMG – if you enjoy networking thenthis year’s awardsare going to be a dream come true for you. We’ve already revealed that Ministry of Sound, Samsung, PubMatic, SEGA, and the BBC will be in the room, but just feast your eyes on this. Along with those names, we will …

Death threats and vile tweets have forced multiple female developers to leave home, and yet still the storm of harassment rages on. James Batchelor asks what the games industry can – no, needs – to do to stop this