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Gaming accessories specialist Razer is the latest big name to pledge its support for this year’s MCV Awards. Razer has signed up as sponsor of the Games Publisher of the Year award. Those in the running for the prize include Activision Blizzard, EA, Nintendo, Sega, Sony, Take-Two, Ubisoft and Warner …

Xbox One title Project Spark has undergone some changes to its microtransaction model. OXM reports that developer Team Dakota has removed the cap on ‘Spark Time’ which effectively limited the amount of time players could spend on the game without paying up. Tokens that allow for the unlocking of some …

Activision has announced that all Guitar Hero, DJ Hero and Band Hero DLC is to be taken offline later this month. Fans have until March 31st to get their hands on downloadable content for the music titles, as well as the Guitar Hero mobile game. Players need not worry though …

Intel Developer Blog: How to defend your games and apps from hackers

More than 250 developers have signed to self-publishing scheme

Developer brought in $128m during 2013

UK production firm Endemol has made changes to the top brass of its games department. Owain Walbyoff, former commercial director of Endemol Games has been named as the company’s new MD. His promotion follows the departure of Jurian van der Meer, who moves over to Endemol Netherlands as commercial director. …

Stig Asmussen departs after 11 years at the studio

The 2014 Worst Company in America tournament is under way and EA is once again in the running. Were it to ‘triumph’ it would be the third year in succession that the FIFA and Battlefield publisher has claimed the title. Its rivals include Time Warner Cable, Facebook, Yahoo, Comcast, SallieMae, …

GDC 2014: New publishing division will be run by its newly acquired studio Chunky Pig