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The MCV Awards return on April 10th, 2014 – with five new prizes up for grabs. Updated and improved categories have once again widened the scope of the awards to reflect the changing market. For the 2014 event prizes for Digital Campaign, Creative Agency and Publishing Partner – for those …

Firm behind lighting tech used in Battlefield 4 and XCom purchased by chip manufacturer

Although certain press releases issued last night may make you think the opposite, it is PS4 that has emerged as the early leader in the next-gen US sales race. Cutting through all the jargon, PS4 was the best-selling next-gen hardware in the US in November. Although this of course simply …

Netscape founder Marc Andreessen joins company board

PS4 boasts biggest sales, Xbox One is 'fastest selling' after latest NPD figures

Developers and publishers denounce their claim to revenue from 'derivative works'

Oculus Rift has secured an additional $75m from investors to help bring the VR headset to market. VentureBeat reports investment firm Andreessen Horowitz provided the funding in a deal which offers an Oculus Rift board seat for the company’s co-founder Mark Andreessen. The capital will be put toward the completion …

The digital games market exceeded $1bn in total sales last month, according to research collected by SuperData. The [a]list daily reports on SuperData’s findings, which show a 25 per cent increase in digital sales in November compared to the same period in 2012. The research firm notes that the freshly …

NPD has released its November 2013 US retail report, revealing total game sales increased seven per cent year-over-year to $2.74bn. Thanks to the arrival of the next-gen consoles and strong Wii U sales, hardware had its best November in recorded history – spiking 58 per cent to $1.3bn for the …

Planetary Annihilation is to receive a physical retail release thanks to a new publishing deal with Nordic Games. Nordic also assumes non-exclusive partnership duties on the digital version. "Nordic Games is helping us deliver the next-generation of real-time strategy gaming to our Kickstarter backers and global fan base," CTO at …