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PlayStation title set to gross over $1m, most successful Curve release in two years

Google among companies that could potentially acquire firm behind widely-used engine

Wii U title Captain Toad’s: Treasure Tracker won’t arrive in the UK in time for Christmas, Nintendo has confirmed. It will instead hit these shores on January 9th, following its Japanese release on November 13th and its North American release on December 5th. The game is a spin-off from the …

PS4 and PS3 platformer LittleBigPlanet 3 is going to arrive slightly later than expected. The game had been due to be released in the UK on November 21st but will now launch on November 28th. We’re currently working our socks off with Sackboy and friends to get the game to …

Moonfrog Labs co-founder Oliver Jones looks at how developers can find success in regions such as Brazil, Russia, India and China

Facebook, Buzzfeed, Twitch, PlayStation, Ubisoft, IGN and more will be sharing their expertise at next month’s London Games Conference. The event will discuss the marketing challenge: driving reach, engagement and conversation. London Games Conference returns on Wednesday November 19th – with a clutch of high profile brands involved. This year’s …

Independent game studio suffers staff cuts after work on Disney Infinity, The Elder Scrolls Online

Five years on from the release of the original, Zynga has updated one of the smartphone’s most successful properties. New Words With Friends brings with it a number of additions, chief of which is a solo-player mode for offline play that sees users squaring off against AI opponents. The game …

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 chats to nominee Julia Hardy about the importance of treating the gaming industry with respect as …

Expanding services firm acquires India-based outsourcing company