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Mojang is currently testing mini-games in Minecraft. As detailed in the video below, the current beta build for the subscription Minecraft Realms service offers mini-games as a selectable option from the main menu. The current offering includes Cake Defence 2, Blocks vs Zombies, The Walls, Autospleef and Dash of Doom. …

Digital games retailer Green Man Gaming says it could begin publishing games later this year. CEO Paul Sulyok told MCV’s sister publication PCR that becoming a publisher was certainly something we’d consider in 2014”. He added that if the firm did opt to publish its own titles, it would stray …

Prestigious event for games dev innovators and trend-setters returns on July 9th – plus new awards including nods for music composition and talent investment

Everything you need to know about this year's Develop Awards, the new categories and how to win

The press has reacted really positively to the now-ended Titanfall beta – and that seems to have caused upset. Accusations that the media has somehow been bribed by Microsoft and/or Respawn and/or EA into over-hyping” the upcoming multiplayer shooter have been rampant online in forums and comments sections. Because it’s …

Forza Horizon developer expands operations outside console space

Brendan Keogh analyses the media and public's perceptions of those who make games

Creative Assembly’s Total War: Rome II has again fallen under fan scrutiny, this time over paid DLC allegedly including cut content from the game’s pre-release version. Players claim that the Camel Cataphract units featured in the recently released Beasts of War pack were originally seen in a Let’s Play video …

The Valve-produced Dota 2 documentary Free to Play will arrive March 19th on Steam, the company has announced. "[Free To Play] takes viewers around the globe to meet the players, their families and their loved ones as they prepare to play for the first $1 million prize ever awarded in …

Future Final Fantasy series releases could see release on the Windows PC platform, Square Enix has revealed. Franchise producer Yoshinori Kitase confirmed to Eurogamer that the company is interested in developing for the platform – explaining that complex issues” relating to security and the platform’s past market situation were the …