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The release of InFamous: Second Son has given PS4 hardware sales a big jump in the UK. MCV has been told by a trusted retail source that sales of PS4 consoles jumped 106 per cent last week as exclusive title InFamous: Second Son debuted on Sony’s machine, jumping straight to …

Kicking off a week of special features looking at games development in Scotland, we find out why the nation attracts so much talent

More than 24,000 industry professionals were in San Francisco last week for leading conference

As well as not ushering in tax breaks, last week’s Budget may have brought with it another bad piece of gaming news. As reported by The Guardian, the Chancellor also revealed plans to close a VAT loophole that was allowing the likes of Steam, Apple and Amazon to sell their …

Job listing for senior software engineer hints at focus on "avid video games players" and Amazon's "future games teams"

Roll7’s skating title OlliOlli has been confirmed for some additional platforms. As well as the PC release first mentioned last month, the game is also heading to PS4, PS3, Mac and Linux some time this summer. We already have a first playable up and running on the PS4,” Roll7 director …

The BBC has released its collection of Doctor Who: The Adventure Games on Steam. All five adventures – City of the Daleks, Blood of Cybermen, TARDIS, Shadows of the Vashta Nerada and The Gunpowder Plot – can currently be had on Valve’s service for 13.49, although that’s ten per cent …

GDC 2014: ‘Even as a minority in the makeup of the industry, women have played a huge role in gaming’, said WIGs head

Blizzard is currently developing Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition for both PS4 AND Xbox One. However, a release for the game on Microsoft’s console has not yet been agreed upon. "I don’t know where we are with Microsoft right now so I can’t really comment on what that contract looks …

FIFA Ultimate Team is five years old and to celebrate EA COO and former EA Sports boss Peter Moore has unleashed some impressive stats. In an infographic shared on Twitter and reproduced below, Moore revealed that 64 per cent of all FIFA players now play Ultimate Team mode and that …