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Goat Simulator has emerged the unexpected victor on this week’s Steam top ten sellers chart. The indie beat out regular chart-topper DayZ for the top spot, with a discounted Age of Wonders III finishing behind the pair in third. Early Access hits Rust and Space Engineers finished fourth and fifth, …

Microsoft continues to bring indies the power of a cloud-based back-end

Online games portal Curse has signed up as a partner for this year’s MCV Awards. Curse joins the long list of partners for this year’s event, which takes place on April 10th at the London Lancaster Hotel and will be hosted by Channel 4 presenter and stand-up comedian Adam Hills. …

Vacancies at Jagex, Playground Games and Crytek

Publisher Square Enix has opened its new game-pitching Collective program to all developers after completing its pilot phase. The scheme enables developers to pitch their game through the site and have their idea voted on by the community. If the idea is well-received, the publisher will then help the title …

Publisher now taking submissions for new game pitches

The phenomenon that is Minecraft shows no sign of letting up. It has been confirmed that Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition – a more or less permanent fixture in the UK Top Ten – has now sold over 12m units, elevating it right to the top of the best-ever selling Xbox …

Western made action romp Grand Theft Auto V has achieved the rare honour of featuring in an annual Japanese games chart. Kotaku reports that Famitsu’s Japanese Top Ten for the year between April 1st 2013 and April 3rd 2014 features the PS3 version of Rockstar’s game in seventh place. Pokemon …

Has the UK already lost its competitive edge? We ask industry professionals across the country just what the incentives can do for them

George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, praised the games industry at an event that marked the launch of the long-awaited tax breaks for video games development. The event was hosted by UKIE and the TV Coalition this morning, and featured the Chancellor as a key guest as he celebrated …