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Minecraft creator will be quids in thanks to 70 per cent stake in studio

New IP does not necessarily mean new ideas, argues MCV editor Christopher Dring Shigeru Miyamoto told Edge magazine this month that Splatoon – the co-op ink shooter which was my personal game of the show at E3 – was almost a Mario game. Instead the firm opted against using the …

Former Call of Duty marketing director Ian McClellan, who now operates his own agency Plug and Play,offers his advice on coping with the transition of the games industry In the entertainment industry, there are always current buzz-words. They help keep us focused in an industry that is an ocean of …

Crash Bandicoot, Uncharted and Last of Us developer holding an art exhibition next month

Videogamer editor-in-chief Simon Miller has joined 2K Games as its new UK PR and social manager. He joins Ben Lawrence and Matt Roche on the firm’s UK PR team. Prior to this role Miller was editor-in-chief at Videogamer. He previously worked in PR for THQ, where he worked on the …

Wargaming CEO Victor Kislyi speaks to Develop about his journey into games

Consumers may soon have access to both current and last-gen Xbox games without the need for a console. That’s according to Neowin, which reports that Microsoft has recently made significant advances in reducing lag in streamed games and hopes to implement the tech in a streaming Xbox service designed for …

There’s no sign of Xbox One closing the gap on PS4 in the US next-gen console sales race. Sony’s machine once again outsold its rival in August – that’s the eighth month in a row. "PlayStation 4 was number one in hardware sales for the eighth consecutive month and remains …

Those questioning Markus Persson’s reported decision to sell his studio Mojang to Microsoft need to take a realistic look at the numbers. It was reported earlier this week that Microsoft is in talks to acquire the Minecraft developer for $2bn. It was later claimed that Persson himself had instigated discussions, …

SBS tech and current affairs news program The Feed has highlighted the Victorian State government's initiative in filling in a significant gap left by the Federal Government's removal of games funding.