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Luigi’s Mansion: 2 developer Next Level Games is more than happy pinning its flag to the Nintendo mast. The Canadian indie is behind a number of Nintendo exclusives such as the Wii version of Punch-Out and Mario Strikers charged. It also developed the Wii versions of Tom Clancy: Ghost Recon …

Microsoft yet to inform Twitch when it will be ready to make the service available on Xbox Live

Customers have ordered over $1m worth of pizza through the Xbox 360’s Pizza Hut app in just four months. "It’s been a source of unbelievable growth for us," Pizza Hut’s PR director Doug Terfehr told Polygon. "Just the explosion of people who wanted to download it, experiment with it, play …

Wrestling fans will soon be able to stream WWE content directly through their consoles. The sports entertainment giant has announced a new service called WWE Network is a ’24/7 streaming service’ that will offer both live events, regular programming such as Raw and Smackdown as well as archived footage. It …

Codemasters’s Anna Ljungberg discusses the key skills needed for her role in programming

Oculus VR is hiring game developers to work with John Carmack on the virtual reality headset manufacturer’s internal development program. Carmack joined the company as CTO last year and has since left his long-time role at id, where he helped develop classics like Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein 3D, to work …

Steam Machines software development kit to be unveiled during Steam Dev Days

After missing the Indian PS4 launch date of 6th January, we’ve now got word from Milestone Interactive that EA’s launch titles will hit stores on 15th January. EA’s PS4 launch line-up internationally includes FIFA 14, Battlefield 4, Need for Speed: Rivals and NBA Live 14, but only the first three …

Two burglars attempted to break into the offices of Los Angeles-based Human Element developer Robotoki yesterday but were thwarted by on-site staff. One of the two men gained entry to the premises after breaking a window to the entrance door, but was soon sent packing as studio president Robert Bowling …

The first MCV of 2014 kicks off with an exclusive interview with DayZ creator Dean Hall, who reveals how the unfinished horror game dominated sales without any marketing. The magazine is available to download now on iPad and read online. In it, we reveal the latest data on what proved …