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Players of Angry Birds Epic are now able to donate to literacy charity Room to Read by buying an in-game item. In honour of International Literacy Day, which took place on September 8th, Angry Birds Epic is for the next two weeks offering players the chance to purchase a Good …

A US analyst has predicted that Sony could eventually grow to control virtually the entire console market. "Sony has the potential to make the game console market its exclusive territory,” Bank of America/Merrill Lynch analyst Eiichi Katayama told The Wall Street Journal in a report claiming that the company’s current …

Sword fighting game Clang will now not be released, despite being successfully Kickstarted in 2012. Creator Neal Stephenson hit the pause button” on development a year ago, despite the fact the game had long passed its $500k Kickstarter goal, raising $526,125. Now the project has been cancelled outright. Last year, …

CVG associate editor Rob Crossley has left the gaming website. He started working at CVG in May 2012, having previously been online editor for MCV’s sister title Develop. I’m incredibly proud of the work CVG has produced during my tenure as associate editor and I will miss my colleagues dearly,” …

Emails claimed a dozen people would be killed unless Ambassador Award was revoked

Moshi Monsters web team affected by round of redundancies

Beta tests set to begin early next year

The middleware stalwart plots the future development of its newest physics platform

Game not 'sufficiently fun to attract additional investment'

Fox has delayed the movie adaptation of the Assassin’s Creed series. The big screen adaptation of the hit Ubisoft video game franchise was scheduled to hit cinemas on August 7th 2015, but Fox insiders have toldThe Hollywood Reporterthat the film will now arrive in 2016. The film, set to star …