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A wealth of high-profile middleware providers on board with UE4

Exec to oversee strategy, business development, operations and commercial delivery

CSR Racing and MyHorse publisher on board for awards ceremony as Drinks Reception Partner

The music genre is dead, right? Erm, no, perhaps not. Ubisoft has confirmed that music title Rocksmith has sold a very impressive 1.4m units worldwide since its release in October 2011. There have also been 3m track downloads from the game’s digital store. The publisher is also quoting a study …

US site spotlights indie developers

Games for the Xbox One will not be required to run at a resolution of 1080p or at 60 frames per second. However, that doesn’t mean that they won’t. Indeed, launch first party title Forza 5 WILL run at top spec "I believe we’re uniquely positioned to deliver on that …

Former Ubisoft and Relic director Josh Mosqueira steps up responsibilities on dungeon crawler

Despite mixed support from third parties, Ubisoft still believes Wii U can find a place in the market. Nintendo is not holding an E3 press conference but will unveil a raft of new games on the showfloor. It will only take one to ‘rescue’ the console, according to EMEA exec …

E3 is back and MCV will be there to cover first hand every major announcement from LA. From June 11th to 13th, we’ll be nestling down in the office to give around the clock coverage of all the big-name press conferences and reveals. To be sure not to miss anything, …

Think Steam is the be all and end all of download games? Think again. In a new study by MCV, UK High Street chain GAME outperformed Valve’s market leading store, commended for its convenience, ease of use and customer service. We conducted a special digital edition of our Mystery Shopper …