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Payday 2 grabs hold of the top spot on this week’s Steam top ten selling products chart. Pre-orders for Total War: Rome II and Saints Row IV had the pair finishing right behind Starbreeze’s upcoming heist sequel, while mainstays Skyrim and Civilization V: Brave New World round out the top …

Team DOS, iKnow and Mazhlele nominated for BAFTA Ones to Watch award

The next Xbox 360 system update will dump Xbox Live’s MS Points system for local currency, Microsoft has announced. Microsoft chief product officer Marc Whitten revealed the impending transition in a post on Xbox Wire. "After the next Xbox 360 system update when you go to buy something or redeem …

In MCV’s weekly round-up of the latest personnel news and hottest job opportunities, Xbox UK hires a new product marketing manager and we look at the best positions available. Xbox UK explands with Williams hireAnna Mostyn Williams has joined the Xbox UK team as product marketing manager. She will take …

Nick Gibson analyses the thinking behind Microsoft's Xbox One strategy

Capybara reveals that its next indie production will eventually come to other platforms

Rage creative director Matt Hooper heads to Rift maker

Oculus VR has hired a second developer from Id Software. GameFront reports that Matt Hooper, the creative director of 2011 release Rage, left the studio six months ago and has now been confirmed as the director of development at the virtual reality specialist. We are thrilled to have Matt Hooper …

Online retailer approves direct web links to entice developers

Distributor E-xpress Interactive held its annual trade event in Mumbai, with representatives from various publishers and retailers in attendance. The main focus of the event was to showcase the company’s line-up of upcoming games for India, which includes Grand Theft Auto V, Batman: Arkham City, Watch Dogs, WWE 2K14, and …