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CEO of Angry Birds studio Mikael Hed moving into animation and movies

Dance Central and Rock Band studio Harmonix is developing a shump called A City Sleeps. This being a Harmonix game, there is a musical twist – the title’s soundtrack is an essential part of the gameplay. Everything on the screen – such as enemy movement and projectiles – appears to …

Capcom’s free-to-play Dark Souls-a-like Deep Down has had some new gameplay shown off, courtesy of the title’s developers. The gothic action game was originally teased alongside the PS4 reveal, before disappearing for a few months. The new developer report video shows some mechanics reminiscent of punishing RPG Dark Souls, including …

Also attending are legal firm Ward Hadaway and board game enthusiasts The Meeples of the Galaxy

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is challenging Valve over its ‘no refunds’ policy. Of course, Valve isn’t the only software house not to offer any refunds on games. But Valve and its Steam platform is the most high profile. The aforementioned commission argues Valve is in violation of the …

Uncharted studio accounts for nearly 20 per cent of all UK games sales

Blizzard has published some of the biggest PC games of the last 20 years. MCV checks out the merch to make retailers go WoW Thanks to the continuing success of Blizzard’s many franchises, it seems as if the World (of Warcraft) is retail’s oyster. Despite the MMO preparing to celebrate …

17-year Konami veteran Dave Cox has left the Japanese publisher. Cox is best known for his work on the Castlevania series of games, and was in charge of the recent Lords of Shadow series of games. Lords of Shadow was a great return to form for the Castlevania series. Its …

What the firm's new facial performance capture tech can offer developers

Saints Row publisher Deep Silver has teased the next entry in the comedic open-world franchise. Accompanied by the words ‘something wicked this way comes’, the teaser image (see below) released by the firm features the Saints Row fleur-de-lis logo engraved with the number 666 – the number of the devil. …