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Midnight launches for Grand Theft Auto 5 will be held across seven stores in Mumbai, Thane and Pune, distributor E-xpress Interactive as announced. In Mumbai, Games the Shop outlets at Oberoi Mall (Goregaon), Infinity Mall (Malad), R City Mall (Ghatkoper) will be open for the midnight launch, as will Thane’s …

UK peripherals firm Gioteck has signed new distribution deals that will see its products become available in three key new markets. 1C-SoftClub, NGS and Absolute Joy will now handle Gioteck’s range in Russia, the Nordic region and Italy respectively. All three are among the leading distributors in their markets and …

Indie developer Sophie Houlden has withdrawn her game Rose and Time from Ouya’s digital marketplace. Houlden says the decision is a result of Ouya’s response to the ongoing Free the Games Fund controversy, which this morning drew criticism from many developers. I’ve been stewing on this for a while, and …

EA has made the FIFA series the very best it can be on Xbox 360 and PS3 and is relishing the technical advances afforded to it by the next-gen. That’s according to series producer Nick Channon who told OXM that the game’s commitment to maintaining 60 frames per second meant …

Publisher Square Enix has promoted three long-term employees to new senior roles. Justin Gaffney is the firm’s new general manager of UK and Export. He has a 17-year career in the industry, following stints at Codemasters and Hasbro. He joined SCi Games as European sales manager before moving to Eidos …

The creator of Gun Monkeys and Ben There Dan That has put development of what was to be his next project on hold. ‘Steampunk cybercrime caper’ title The Swindle, first revealed in 2011, has been taken out of active development after developer Dan Marshall admitted that, put simply, he wasn’t …

Julie Uhrman defends Kickstarter fund-matching scheme, admits idealistic thinking

If MCV were a trade publication for football, we’d probably make an observation about no Premier League players appearing on the UK boxart for FIFA 14. As revealed by MCV earlier this month, EA had already confirmed that the world’s most expensive footballer would remain on the game’s cover despite …

Better interface integration will keep players engaged, says Oculus

Time is running out to vote for the six charities in with a shot of grabbing GamesAid funding in the year ahead. Voting is open for GamesAid members and will remain so until just before midnight on the night of Saturday September 14th.Votes can be registered here. All eligible organisations …