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Rod Henwood has been named as the new CEO of kids’ virtual world BinWeevils. Henwood, an existing BinWeevils board director, succeeds former CEO Richard Watney. He joins having recently served as the CEO of JK Rowling’s digital Harry Potter empire Pottermore. Before that he worked as new business director at …

Tech firm also hires Steve Lavalle as principal scientist

Having failed to find an outright buyer, Atari is to sell off its IPs individually. The Wall Street Journal reports that assets up for grabs include RollerCoaster Tycoon ($3.5m), Test Drive ($1.5m) and Total Annihilation ($250k). Other less established IPs are also up for grabs including Humongous, Fatty Bear’s Birthday …

Hello Games' Dan Gray joins mobile outfit as producer

Nimrod Productions' Richard Aitken discusses how to get your audio tuned for specific devices

Middleware firms show support for Microsoft's next-gen console

UPDATE: This event has been cancelled. A Capcom spokesperson has contacted MCV to say that the decision was given due to the unfortunate and tragic incident in Woolwich yesterday. It apologises for any inconvenience. ORIGINAL STORY: What is being called the first ever blood filled swimming pool” has been opened …

As our Indie Retail Month continues, this week we reveal the UK’s top online-only indies in the UK. Online game code store More Play kicks us off. Online store More Play primarily sells game codes. MD Alex Connolly explains to MCV how this has helped it stand out. How has …

Publisher EA has reassured Xbox 360 and PS3 owners that it will continue to support the consoles. Speaking at the Stifel 2013 Technology Conference, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen said that it will continue to develop and release titles for both machines until at least 2017, according to GameSpot. Of course, …

Head of Xbox division claims only five percent of gamers play older console games on current gen