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This year saw LucasArts, one of the industry’s best loved games studios, close its doors. The firm still exists, but rather than developing its own titles, it now works as a licensing business. The studio being disbanded was the result of Walt Disney’s $4bn purchase of LucasFilm at the end …

This year MCV extended its survey to the games media, with 27 elite members of the press – including journalists from Future, Eurogamer, IGN and national papers. It was a close-fought battle for Game of the?Year between GTA V and The Last of Us, with just two votes separating them. …

From the PS4 and Xbox One, Supercell to mobile, 21 industry professionals tell us their highlights of the year

We asked members of the industry what their biggest holiday wishes were

The year started on a sour note, as THQ entered liquidation and was picked apart by publishers across the games industry. What followed was a lot of analysis on what was to blame for THQ’s demise. The popular consensus from the media was that to survive in this industry you …

PlayStation 4 was Google’s most-searched for gadget in the US this year. The Escapist points to Google’s updated top search charts, which show Sony’s new console on top of the search browser’s Tech Gadgets category. Microsoft’s Xbox One, conversely, failed to crack the category’s top 10. Interestingly, the PS4 comes …

Former EA Partners head David DeMartini has joined Oculus VR as head of worldwide publishing. The ex-Electronic Arts senior VP spoke with Gamasutra on the new position, explaining that what he’ll be focusing on for Oculus is similar to what he did with EA for seven years. "I’m figuring out …

Valve has released its latest top ten weekly sellers chart for Steam – with newcomer DayZ claiming the top spot from last week’s winner, Starbound. Starbound still finished in the runner-up spot, with Rust (last week’s runner-up) finishing third this time around. Steam’s end of 2013 sale also had an …

The film studio has decided to take down all of its Christmas videos from Amazon for the festive season. This not only affects those wanting to buy or rent films such as The Muppet Christmas Carol, but those who have already bought such content, too, who have seen it disappearing …

Rovio’s enraged avians are getting a Rio makeover to mark the launch of Rio 2. This is the second time that the Angry Birds series has partnered up with that of Rio, Angry Bird Rio came out to mark the release of the first film in 2011 and saw players …