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Blizzard has confirmed week one sales numbers for Diablo III expansion Reaper of Souls. The expansion ‘sold through’ 2.7m copies to retail between now and its release on March 25th. The studio adds that players have between them stopped Death over 1.5m times and that Diablo III views on Twitch …

The 2014 Golden Joystick Awards will take place at a new venue, MCV can reveal. The event will be held at the London Indig02 on Friday, October 24th, with the aftershow party to take place at the Brooklyn Bowl, also in the O2 arena. Future says the party will include …

Nick Gibson explores the most overlooked factor in Nintendo's struggles: it's own success

It has been out for less than a day and already Amazon’s FireTV has a game library over 100 strong. At the time of writing there are 133 games available for the device, the most expensive of which is the $9.99 Alphadia Genesis from Kotobuki. Other higher-price titles include NBA …

Having been involved with the PS4 for almost six years, the SN Systems team talks to Develop on where they are taking the new generation

Tropico publisher opens mobile division to bring existing and new IP to iOS and Android

Yes, the Halo universe’s famed AI star Cortana IS to voice Microsoft’s answer to Siri. Cortana, as was rumoured last year, will be included in the Windows Phone 8.1 update, offering a host of Bing-powered search and device control features. Jen Taylor will return as her voice. She will apparently …

An independent Scotland will keep games industry tax breaks and offer even more support to its studios, the country’s Government has said. MCV discovered last month that should Scotland vote to become independent in September, it would have to choose if it wanted to keep the recently approved tax relief …

'For us, games are not simply an 'dded bonus, they are the whole point'

Kalypso Media has created a mobile publishing division. Several games are being developed for iOS and Android by the newly-formed Kalypso Media Mobile. At least three of these are slated for a 2014 release, with the first to be announced shortly. Kalypso has a lot of great IP such as …