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Riot Games is attempting to crack down on the extreme” toxic behavior that has plagued the online play of the studio’s popular MOBA League of Legends for years. Riot’s lead designer of social systems Jeffrey Lin took to Twitter to announce the news, then later appeared on a Reddit post …

The average salary for game developers saw a year-on-year decrease of 2 per cent in 2013, according to the latest Game Developer Salary Survey. Gamasutra’s research found that professionals working in audio made a higher salary than all other disciplines, with professionals making an annual average of $95,682 USD. Programmers …

Marty O’Donnell has settled his case against Bungie for terminating the studio’s former composer without cause.” O’Donnell announced he had been terminated from Bungie without cause” back in April, and filed suit against the developer for unpaid benefits just last month. Bungie initially denied all allegations, but it now appears …

The growth of mobile gaming will erode the console and PC games market by 12 per cent over the next five years. That’s according to Juniper Research which says that the sector revenues will decline from $46.5bn to $41bn by 2019. Despite this, console and PC games will still account …

"For a long time, I wanted to make a game about architecture."

Ivowed never to touch World of Warcraft – or any other MMO – again after quitting to focus on my final year at university back in 2006. So I deleted my level 60 character, closed my account and threw away the game discs to prevent myself from being tempted back …

Freedom Wars had been scheduled for a digital-only release on Vita in Europe, but Sony has changed its mind. You’ve let us know here on PlayStation Blog, on forums and on social media that you really wanted to see a full title card release for the game,” Sony social man …

We speak to ex-Criterion creative director Richard Franke about his new Guildford studio

The number of consumers who say they plan on buying a Wii U doubled after E3 in June. That’s according to an IHS survey reported by Games Industry, which questioned 1,000 core gamers before and after the LA showcase. Prior to the show 14 per cent of respondents said they …

Nvidia has announced a new tablet-shaped sibling for its Shield Portable gaming handheld. The Shield Portable was released last July exclusively in the US and Canada – a move Nvidia product manager Chris Daniel told MCV was alike to a ‘trial run’ for the product. The handheld, which combines a …