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TWICE Europe – the newsletter for the European consumer electronics trade – will now go straight to your inbox every single weekday. The mailer, launched in October 2013, rounds up the ten most important CE and retail stories from around the web twice a week. You can sign up for …

Half-Life developer gathers third-party momentum for free SteamOS

Sony appears to have emerged as the narrow front-runner in the early days of the next-gen console war in the US. Sony’s PS4 clearly bounced back from our mixed early-2013 supply chain checks, and appears to have a slight momentum edge among core gamers, as demonstrated by premium prices on …

Chillingo founders Chris Byatte and Joe Wee are the latest high-profile names to depart Electronic Arts. Byatte and Wee set-up mobile games publisher Chillingo in 2005, and helped launch a number of major mobile titles including the original Angry Birds and Cut The Rope. EA acquired Chillingo in October 2010 …

The MCV Awards return on Thursday, April 10th. But the journey towards a prize starts with making your achievments known to us. Here, we detail the criteria for each accolade and explain how you can get involved. KEY DATES Lobbying is open NOW.Friday, January 24th: Lobbying closesFriday, January 31st: Finalists …

Former Ubisoft and LucasArts dev exits firm after 18 months

There’s little change at top of the UKIE GfK ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 as 2014 carries on more or less precisely as 2013 left off. The Top seven games remain exactly as they were last week, with EA’s FIFA 14 leading the pack ahead of Call of Duty: Ghosts, …

Charity expands to bring games to kids in domestic violence shelters

Valve boss explains philosophy behind Half-Life company's 'boss-free' structure

Digital currency spikes above $1,000 again thanks to backing from social games company