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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

Book your place now to join Twitter, Channel 4, Chillingo, Bossa Studios and more heading at this week's awards ceremony

BioWare reveals senior devs and execs on upcoming game

New IPs from Blizzard are quite a rarity, so there was much excitement when Blizzard announced a brand new shooter at Blizzcon at the weekend. Boasting some highly stylised graphics and a rich roster of characters, Overwatch champions accessibility and fun over everything else as six-player teams compete against one …

Print and digital editions out now, also includes an interview with Upper One Games and and a look at the importance of back-end tech

The UK games retail charts will not be available until this afternoon, MCV can reveal. It has been a big week for games retail with the launch of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare arriving on Tuesday (or was it Monday?) last week. So we’re all on tenterhooks to discover just …

Day For Night Games will "fight like hell" to find another way to develop and release surreal title

Frontier Developments has at last confirmed a release date for the PC version of Elite: Dangerous. Eurogamer reports that the launch version of the game will be made available on December 16th. The game has of course been available for some time now in assorted alpha and beta forms, but …