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Our huge 96-page Gamescom edition of MCV is available to download right now. It is filled to the brim with exclusive interviews, including Ubisoft Europe boss Alain Corre, Deep Silver director Menno Van Der Bil and legendary games designer David Cage. There’s also the print version of our ‘Story of …

Square Enix chairman Yoichi Wada will speak at this year’s NASSCOM Game Developer Conference. The Japanese publisher set up its India office earlier this year after the completion of its game development contest that lasted through much of 2012. The India office has been set up with a view to …

The team at 505 Games will be celebrating this week as its tactical shooter Payday 2 has topped the charts. 505 Games – best known for Cooking Mama, Sniper Elite and the Zumba series – has released a couple of promising little titles recently. It’s also the publisher of Starbreeze’s …

Canonical's super-smartphone raises $11m

A few years ago most people in the industry approached the oncoming German games trade show with dread and despair. The horrors of Leipzig were many. No one liked staying there. It confusingly had two airports, but no direct flights. I remember one very prominent games studio telling me the …

NCSoft claims their game is the fastest selling title in genre history

Developer abuse on social media prompts response from trade body

GameStop still has at least a full decade in front of it before the digital market puts an end to the retail chain for good, according to Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter. Games Industry reports on Pachter’s latest investment note, which states that GameStop won’t be going quietly into the night …

Specific launch dates for the Playstation 4 may arrive this week, as Sony has teased it will be sharing release plans” for the new hardware at Gamescom. A post on the Playstation Europe blog describes the content of Sony’s August 20th press conference as a briefing on the hardware maker’s …

Steam’s latest top ten selling products chart has Payday 2 maintaining its hold on the top spot during its launch week. The heist game finished ahead of Saints Row IV in the runner-up position, Total War: Rome II in third, and The Bureau: XCOM Declassified in fourth. Chart mainstay Skyrim …