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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 Keith Stuart about the growing importance of the video game medium and the …

Alex Ward posits that the Watch Dogs firm is a new challenger in the realm of open world games

The Escapists' creator Chris Davis tells Develop about the rise of his prison break adventure, which won a UKIE award at Gamescom and almost stole the Microsoft conference

Achieving 60 frames per second is no longer gaming’s holy grail, the world level design director of Assassin’s Creed: Unity has said. In fact, Nicolas Gurin has told Tech Radar that his studio actively targeted 30fps when developing Assassin’s Creed: Unity because it delivered a preferable experience to 60fps. "At …

The GameSpot team reveals what its been working on over the last year – and what to expect in the next twelve months Reborn in 2006 after a four-year hiatus, GameSpot UK has quickly distinguished itself as more than just a subsidiary of its American brethren. And now it’s working …

Two prominent YouTubers have come out in defence of the draconian contract requirements that Warner handed to YouTubers who wanted access to Shadow of Mordor. The saga was called out by Jim Sterling early this week, with fellow YouTuber Totalbiscuit also adding that the contract requirements boggled his mind”. Steven …

The Vita version of Minecraft finally has a release date in the UK and Europe. 4J Studios says the game has now passed its final certification (something that the PS4 version failed to do on its first effort) and will be released on October 15th. This is for the digital …

EA is bundling all of its Battlefield 4 content into a single SKU to be released before the end of the month. Battlefield 4 Premium Edition will be released in the UK on October 24th costing 54.99 on PS4 and Xbox One and 39.99 on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. …

Major League Gaming will host its first official Call of Duty tournament this November, the eSports organization has announced. MLG will host and stream the world premiere Call of Duty eSports tournament and broadcast for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare between November 28th-30th. The event is scheduled to air exclusively …

Nintendo has announced it will be in official attendance at IndieCade’s annual festival this weekend, showing off a batch of Wii U and 3DS indie games the company has dubbed Nindies.” Attendees will be able to play 15 independent games out or in development for either Wii U or 3DS. …