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The Indian games industry is one of the world’s future powerhouses – and now is the time to form a trade body to support it. That’s the call to action from MCVuk.com’s sister site MCV India. That is pretty much what any international game company looking to enter India has …

Expanded facilities to help power Xbox Live and cloud capabilities for Xbox One

Hideo Kojima has expressed interested in utilising the Kinect camera in the Xbox One version of Metal Gear Solid 5. The Kinect itself brings a lot of different capabilities,” Kojima stated in an official Xbox interview, as noted by GamingBolt. I would like to see what I can do with …

Move quickly to guarantee your seat at this year's must-attend ceremony

Sony’s PS3 exclusive The Last of Us has claimed its second successive UK No.1 in the UKIE Gfk ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. Sales fell 48 per cent compared to its debut week. There was a similar dip for Nintendo’s Animal Crossing (down 55 per cent) although its retains the …

Student developer Michael Cameron tells Develop how the programme has helped his job prospects

Bungie’s promising Destiny has been given some heavyweight financial backing from publisher Activision. In fact, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg reckons his company’s investment may be the largest ever in new video games IP. It’s a sizeable investment – probably one of the biggest investments in a new IP that’s …

Warframe creative director Steve Sinclair says it isn't easy being a middleweight

Changing demographics are pushing the industry to new gender roles, says industry icon

Fullbright Company cites Penny Arcade co-founder Mike Krahulik's 'anti-trans' tweets as reason for pulling out