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The biggest event in the global video games business is just 10 weeks away – are you registered yet? The Electronic Entertainment Expo is the three-day, must-attend event at which the global video game industry unites to reveal the future of games. It runs from June 10thto June 12that the …

Are you British enough? Or specifically, is your game British enough to qualify for tax breaks? Well now you can find out, thanks to The British Film institute’s now-published guidelines that developers must pass in order to qualify. Here they are. A game needs to score 16 from the available …

New documentation shows eligibility requirements to apply for tax breaks

Forget Xbox One’s multimedia capabilities – Microsoft’s new message is that games are very much the focus. In fact, new Xbox boss Phil Spencer has promised that the platform holder will unveil an unprecedented selection of content at E3 this June. He told Polygon that Xbox will have "the best …

The most bankable game studios in the world today, measured by retail sales data

A new report claims that smartphone gaming now account for around 50 per cent of Japan’s total video games market. Serkantoto says that data from CyberZ says that of the total $10.8bn annual Japanese games spend in 2013, around $5.4bn of this was spent on mobile games. Furthermore, that’s up …

There’s just seven days left to secure your place at this year’s MCV Awards. Tables and seats for the April 10th event are now down to limited availability, so be quick if you want to secure your place at one of the most prestigious nights in the gaming calendar. To …

Dimensional Imaging CEO Colin Urquhart explains how the Glasgow-based firm is bringing the performance capture techniques from film to game development

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Microsoft has acquired a collection of assets from wearable computing firm Osterhout Design Group for a suspected $150 million. The technology juggernaut was in talks to purchase ODG entirely in September last year, an unnamed source toldTechCrunch. However, the deal later switched to an IP acquisition. The transaction was completed …