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Argos says sales of electricals – includingvideo games, tablets, TVs and white goods – helped it deliver a strong financial quarter, as its parent company appoints a new chief exec. Total sales grew by 3.6 per cent to 1.808m while like-for-like sales increased by 3.8 per centfor the 18 weeks …

Muffi Ghadiali, one of the founding members of Ouya, has left the company behind the crowd-funded microconsole. A statement toTechCrunchconfirms Ghadiali’s departure, although it does not specify reasons for his move or where he is heading. The statement reads: "Ouya is focusing more on the next phase of the business …

UK developer Hello Games has said that the flooding of its office last month won’t delay the hugely promising No Man’s Sky. Its Guilford office was hit with what the studio described as a biblical amount” of water over the Christmas period as rain and storms hit many parts of …

The latest issue of MCV contains all the market data from a mixed 2013 for UK games retail. The magazine is available to download now on iPad and read online. We reveal the biggest publishers, games, consoles and accessories from 2013, plus full analysis. That’s alongside interviews with Chillingo, Square …

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A game that saw players practicing plastic surgery on overweight patients has been removed from both the Apple and Google app stores. The BBC reports that the game, which went under the titles Plastic Surgery for Barbie and simply Plastic Surgery, was rated as suitable for nine year olds and …

Angry Birds developer also wants to make always-on mobile games

Company says goodbye to Muffi Ghadiali as it prepares for the "next phase" of Ouya

The average price of boxed games in the UK is at its highest point ever. GfK Chart-Track revealed to MCV that gamers on average spent 29.42 on each game, that’s a huge increase of 3 over 2012. There’s two main reasons for the increase – a reduction in the number …

The innovative controller that will ship with the upcoming range of Steam Machines has undergone an overhaul. The two touch-sensitive circle pads remain, but the central LED touch panel has been removed. Aside from the fact that touch controls on a physical controller are often criticised, Valve also wanted to …