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5.17m boxed games were sold in the UK last month, as the games industry returned to growth for the first time in years. 45 per cent more games were sold in September 2013 compared with the same month a year before, according to GfK Chart-Track. Grand Theft Auto V is …

Capcom Europe is undergoing a major restructure following a difficult year. MCV understands more than half of the European arm faces redundancy, with a number of jobs set to merge. The Western business of Capcom has suffered after a number of its big titles failed to meet expectations. A spokesperson …

Voluntary redundancies offered to 11 per cent of mobile firm's global workforce as it looks to boost profitability

Moshi Monsters firm working on new titles for mobile and tablet

Ubisoft’s leaked Watch Dogs PC specification requirements have raised some eyebrows. The specs, spotted by NeoGaf before they were hauled off uPlay, dictate amongst other things that the game will require a 64-bit version of Windows. That, in itself, is not a huge shock and was perhaps expected in the …

Controversial American football title Gridiron Thunder is no longer an Ouya exclusive. Following its apparent decision to voluntarily withdraw from Ouya’s much lamented Free the Games Fund initiative, developer MogoTXT has delayed the game by a month and announced that it will now be multi-platform. Because we recently chose not …

Studio says it is working 'around the clock' to fix issues in GTA V multiplayer

Xbox One locks away around ten per cent of its GPU power from developers… for now. Microsoft technician Andrew Goossen says that the resources are dedicated to system processing such as Kinect and the system’s multitasking snap mode. But in the future these resources will be opened up to developers. …

Moshi Monsters creator Mind Candy saw revenues climb by 62 per cent in 2012 to 47m. Profit for the period was flat at 10m. The Financial Times reports that the success was thanks to the company’s many licensing deals. User numbers for the site also grew from 55m to 70m, …

Reports persisted last night from gamers claiming that they are still unable to access Grand Theft Auto Online. Rockstar confesses that a variety of technical difficulties have made it difficult to get access and that the experience has been a bit less than smooth for many of you who jumped …