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TWICE Europe – a newsletter for the European consumer electronics trade – has been launched by MCV’s publisher Intent Media. The email newsletter goes live today, rounding up the ten most important consumer and retail stories from around the web twice a week. You can sign up for it free …

Creative England and Microsoft have launched the Greenshoots initiative, which is set to help fund up-and-coming studios

After a week of fierce rumours, the resolution disparity between the Xbox One and PS4 versions of Call of Duty: Ghosts has now been officially confirmed. The game’s producer Mark Rubin took to Twitter last night to say that while both versions run at 60 frames per second (as is …

Over 20 titles set to release alongside next-gen console

MinecraftEdu company TeacherGaming helps bring space simulator to educators

Cambridge studio Jagex will convert virtual gifts into real donations for five charities

Jagex has teamed up with UK gaming charity GamesAid. The Runescape developer is running a month long campaign within the game that allows players to donate their in-game assets – for every 10m gold pieces donated, Jagex will donate $1 in real life. GamesAid will distribute the money between Willow, …

Ex-Sony and Team Ico exec sets up new Tokyo-based developer UrCase

71% of studios need skilled programmers, with 56% saying they need game designers

CEO Brendan Iribe says mobile version will launch at or near the same time as PC headset