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With very exceptions, gamers are used to new titles launching at their highest price point and then gradually decreasing over time. But one developer has argued that the entire games pricing model needs revising, particularly when it comes to digital titles. A bargain rack for physical retail makes perfect sense …

Marmalade Game Studio’s Mike Willis discusses the key skills needed for his role in programming

Trade body calls for best practice from recruiters and less restrictive immigration laws

So we all know GTA V ruled the roost, but how did the other blockbuster games of 2013 fare? UKIE/GfK Chart-Track has handed MCV the 100 best-selling boxed video games of 2013 for the UK. It’s not remotely surprising to see GTA V rule the roost, followed by FIFA 14, …

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 …