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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 …

Last month, the Office of Fair Trading issued principles to protect consumers from the aggressive monetisation practices used in many free-to-play video games. Alan Moss, partner at London-based law firm Harbottle and Lewis, explains what this is going to mean for both publishers and developers. Last week the Office of …

From the battle between GAME and CEX, to Evolve-maker Turtle Rock going it along without Valve, we’ve got it all covered in the latest MCV. We kick off the issue with a battle of the CEXes. The High Street’s two biggest games retailers are clashing head-to-head as GAME launches its …

Spokesperson claims fees for previously free items were 'part of a small-scale test'

Capcom has responded to allegations that it knew Japanese composer Mamoru Samuragochi was deaf. The publisher has said it has no plans to take legal action against the composer. In a statement toEurogamer, the publisher said: "We at Capcom were truly surprised by Samuragochi’s recent admission "However, as both soundtracks …

Net sales fall by £40m during Q2 compared to the year prior