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Games retailer Game4u has expanded the operations of its digital distribution service – downloads4u – to Singapore and Malaysia. Through the service, Game4u will make its digital catalogue of over 700 PC and Mac games available to the two South-East Asian markets. PC gaming is popular in South-East Asia and …

Mech Mocha co-founder Arpita Kapoor has received the Most Prominent Female Indie award at Casual Connect Europe’ Indie Prize. The award caps off an eventful week for the indie start-up, which also announced its latest round of funding, and its acceptance into the Chartboost Universitymentorship program. Mech Mocha recently concluded …

Manchester CGI agency saw ‘huge surge in interest’ from game companies after its F1 campaign

We take a look at five key vacancies at studios across the UK

The survival horror blockbuster will launch throughout Europe in August. Bethesa has revealed The Evil Within will debut on August 29th throughout Europe and August 26th in North America. It will be available on Xbox One, 360, PS4, PS3 and PC. Developed by Japanese studio Tango Gameworks, the game follows …

Former PlayStation: The Official Magazine deputy editor returns to Future. Joel Gregory has been appointed as editor of multi-format magazine GamesMaster. He replaces Matt Pellett, who switched across to fellow Future publication PlayStation: The Official Magazine earlier this month. Gregory returns to Future following a stint at Which? magazine, which …

GamesAid’s stand up comedy night is returning in two months. Stand Up for GamesAid 2014 will be held on Monday April 14th. The charity’s first patron and former game developer Imran Yusuf, will be both organising and hosting the event, which is due to be held at the Comedy Store. …

Why do we need games publishers? In today’s digital market, the game makers and their fans are running the show. Community managers on Twitter and Facebook are doing the jobs of PRs, video bloggers via YouTube are doing a better job of marketing games than any carefully constructed TV ad, …

UPDATE: GAME has also informed MCV that customers who pre-order Titanfall from the retailer will no longer receive beta codes. "Thanks to our partnership with EA, we were able to receive some beta codes for Titanfall, which have already been given to a random selection of our lucky customers," said …

Amazon has posted multi-platform listings for an unannounced next-gen Transformers game. The online retailer has Rise of the Dark Spark set for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U and 3DS. While Activision is still yet to formally announce the title, it was included in the publisher’s most recent …