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Alison Simpson explains how she went from player to community manager at a German studio

He built arcade classic Marble Madness. He produced Sonic 2. He brought Crash and Spyro to market. Oh, and his PS4 design reignited passions for Sony. MCV meets Mark Cerny These days Mark Cerny doesn’t get booed. Whether he is unveiling Sony’s next-gen console in New York, or recounting his …

Harebrained Schemes is pleased with its crowdfunding experience

Trion Worlds changes tacks as MMO aspects of game fail to wow testers

Start-up is betting against touch interfaces

The NCAA has chosen not to renew its college football franchise contract with EA Sports, the organization has announced. The agreement comes to an end in June of 2014, meaning the recently launched NCAA Football 14 marks the final release of the partnership. "The NCAA has never licensed the use …

Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki believes consoles must be more innovative to survive as the industry continues its expansion anddiversification. In a Famitsu feature piece translated by Polygon, Itagaki reflected on this year’s E3 – concluding that console companies won’t be able to maintain relevance in …

Epic’s Infinity Blade II was downloaded 5.7m times as part of Apple’s free-app promo during the App Store’s anniversary celebration. AllThingsD reports the figure was accumulated over a week, with 1.7m of the downloads taking place on the first day alone. The game has now been downloaded nearly 50m times …

Outrageously successful online game Minecraft is getting even more LEGO merchandise. LEGO teamed up with the developer Mojang last year for some LEGO, and now from early September even more is set to reach consumers – entitled The Village and The Nether. Both were unveiled at Comic-Con and have a …

The Thomas Was Alone creator looks at changes in the industry that helped lead him to success