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British games industry veteran Ian Livingstone has left Square Enix after more than 20 years working with the team. Ian oversaw the formation of notable Britsoft firm Eidos, which was acquired by Square Enix in 2009. He leaves his position as Eidos Life President. During his time at Eidos, he …

Development icon focusing on new projects such as The Livingstone Foundation

Dutch studio Guerrilla Games is looking forward to a future beyond the Killzone IP. Following its debut 2004 title Shellshock Nam ’67, the Sony owned studio has worked on a succession of Killzone titles – six in total, the next of which, Killzone: Shadow Fall, releases alongside PS4 next month. …

Ubisoft is set to invest $373 million into its Quebec operations over the next seven years, a move that will generate 500 additional jobs in the province. The publisher is investing in the expansion of its motion capture technologies, and consolidating its online games operations and infrastructure in Montreal. The …

Located in Helsinki, new mobile studio plans to make free-to-play iOS games

Publisher looks to create 500 new jobs over seven years in the province

GTA V publisher Take-Two joins funding round for video streaming platform set to feature on PS4 and Xbox One

Streaming games TV service Twitch has announced a further $20m worth of investment. Interestingly, Take-Two are named amongst the companies who contributed to the Series C funding, although details of the level of its investment have not been disclosed. The money will be used to grow the company’s sales division …

It’s 30 Under 30 time again, but you’ve only got two more weeks to nominate your favourite rising stars. MCV’s popular annual feature highlights the achievements and hard work of the younger execs working in the UK games industry. We’re inviting all of our readers to nominate their favourite up-and-coming …

Sony is doing all it can to prepare PSN for a post-PS4 world where game download sizes will hit an eye-watering 50GB. UK boss Fergal Gara has confirmed to Eurogamer that the download for PS4 launch title Killzone: Shadow Fall will be the best part of 50GB. PSN doesn’t have …