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Steffen Kabbelgaard guides us through the Forced developer’s incredible three-year journey to make a game

Government monitoring of internet data presents an advanced persistent threat” according to a new pro-consumer blog from Microsoft. Many of our customers have serious concerns about government surveillance of the internet,” Microsoft’s general counsel and executive VP of legal and corporate affairs Brad Smith wrote. We share their concerns. That’s …

In this week’s issue of MCV, we talk to Sony CEO Andrew House about the PS4 and why it’s taken an early victory in the next-gen war against Xbox One. House also details the lofty expectations for the new console, forecasting the PS4 to beat lifetime sales and 80 million …

Ambiera, a small Viennan company founded six years ago by CEO Nikolaus Gebhardt, was set up to help bring essential assets in reach of development studios. It provides software libraries, tools and knowledge for developers, and has had a hand in hundreds of games since its foundation. Flagship product CopperCube …

New Sensible Software biography also up for grabs

Free extract from Sensible Software: 1986 – 1999, the UK development legend's new biography

Sony has broken its silence on when it plans to announce launch details for the PS4 in India. Sony will hold a press conference between 15th and 18th December to reveal its launch plans for the PS4 in India, PlayStation India head Atindriya Bose told MCV at the launch of …

Hull is among the UK’s oldest institutions offering games development courses. But it prides itself on being a forward-thinking body that strives to ensure its students gain employment in this rapidly changing industry.The university has been training students into fully-fledged games programmers for 18 years, and has acquired a reputation …

Total Domination developer reveals why its Israel origins has helped it crack Facebook

PS4’s early advantage over Xbox One is purely because it retails for 80 less. That’s according to Michael Pachter, who has downplayed the importance of PS4’s technical advantage or any of the controversy that has dogged Microsoft since E3. "The reason Sony beats Microsoft is solely the price," Wedbush Securities …