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The market took another dive this week thanks to the current heat wave, a lack of new releases and the start of the summer holidays. Overall the market fell three per cent this week. The amount of revenue made this week was the lowest it has been this year so …

Divinity: Original Sin continued its Steam chart dominance in the month of July, finishing in the top spot on Valve’s top sellers list for the third consecutive week. Last week’s runner-up DayZ slippped to fourth this week – making room for Dark Souls II’s season pass offering and Skyrim’s Legendary …

Less than half of GameStop customers are aware of the store’s trade-in program, president Tony Bartel has claimed. In an interview with Games Beat, Bartel explained six out of ten individuals that step foot into the retailer’s shops don’t know they can trade in games for cash or store credit. …

Crytek has released a statement acknowledging the recent reports surrounding the company’s financial issues. A Crytek representative provided Games Industry with a statement addressing the many rumours and reports surrounding the firm’s recent financial woes – including allegedly missing payroll and considering bankruptcy. The company admits that it had been …

This week MCV celebrates two decades of Koch Media. Menno Van Der Bil, Craig McNicol, Paul Nicholls and Jamie Brewer tell MCV about Koch Media – past, present and future. We speak to PlayStation boss Andrew House about how he turned the firm’s console around. In our Insight section this …

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Activison has announced that a new range of premium Skylanders toys will be coming to the UK later this year. The limited edition Eon’s Elite set will introduce eight new versions of existing Skylanders characters, with Spyro and Chop Chop the first two ‘fan-favourite’ figures to see a re-release. The …

The rise of the YouTube star has also given rise to scores of budding players wishing to share their gaming achievements online. MCV takes a look at the capture devices that are helping them do it At this moment in time, it may be more apt to refer to live …

Digital pet app Animin is to be supported by a 300,000 marketing campaign when it comes to stores this November. This marketing push will be across a variety of platforms, including online, print, TV and social media. Generation Media will be handling media buying, while Bastion will be sorting out …

Meggan Scavio, general manager of GDC Events, gives us an insight into the best sessions and new additions