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The business of Minecraft will remain very much in improving and developing the game, creator Mojang has claimed. Minecraft merchandising and licensing is becoming an increasingly common sight on the High Street, and the presumption is that Microsoft’s $2.5bn acquisition of Mojang was very much made with one eye on …

One of the most iconic film series of all time, the Alien franchise has an equally storied video game past – with plenty of merch to boot. MCV takes a look at the products coming outta the goddamn walls Since its original release in 1979, the Alien franchise has remained …

This year’s Games Media Awards on October 15th will see the games media vote on the night for their ‘Journalists’ Journalist’, from a shortlist of six industry standouts. Ahead of the big night, MCV talks to nominee Ellie Gibson about her penchant for phallic humour, why video games are like …

The resolution at which Assassin’s Creed: Unity will run on PS4 and Xbox One has in fact not yet been decided, Ubisoft has claimed. "Final specs for Assassin’s Creed Unity aren’t cemented yet but we can say we showed Assassin’s Creed Unity at 900p during our hands-on preview event last …

Nintendo’s 3DS fighting game Super Smash Bros is on top of the Japanese software charts for the fourth week, according to data provided by Famitsu. Sales of the title continue to fall, declining by 17 per cent week-on-week, but it still sold an impressive 107,259 units. There are also a …

Publishers scaling back number of titles but need for localisation is increasing, says Andrew Day

Codemasters has added some experimental Oculus Rift features into its recent racer Grid Autosport. We’ve been tinkering with VR for a while now and have reached the stage where we believe it’s working pretty well, and as such, we’ve decided to allow you to experience it for yourselves,” the studio …

The recently announced DLC for racing title Forza Horizon 2 will not be released on Xbox 360. Both the DLC and the Forza Rewards program will only be offered in the Xbox One build. We are currently planning to release DLC only for the Xbox One version of Forza Horizon …

The newNvidia GeForce GTX 970 and 980 graphics cardsare selling out across the UK. Several gaming system builders have told PCR they are seeing stock shortages for the cards due to popular demand. Chillblast buyer Ben Miles said: "Sales of the new cards are indeed strong, and we are expecting …

Battlefield developer DICE has stated its intention to win back any gamers who have been left disillusioned with the franchise following Battlefield 4. The game was last year beset by technical problems at launch that persisted well into 2014. "I can absolutely say that we lost [player] trust in the …