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Couldn’t make the MCV Awards last night? Worry not – you can check out everything you missed right here. Hundreds of UK games industry execs headed to the London Lancaster Hotel for this year’s ceremony. The evening kicked off with a special performance from Games on Song, the choir formed …

Leaving responsibility with devs is needed to improve openness, says Romain de Waubert

Sony’s Beyond: Two Souls will see lead character Jodie Holmes take centre stage on its cover art. Why is this relevant? Because as the name suggests Jodie – played by Ellen Page – is a female. That shouldn’t maater, obviously, but sadly it does. And before you start jumping on …

While the iPad may still be able to lay claim to dominion over the UK tablet market, the growing popularity of Android tablets has led to a ten per cent dip in market share for Apple, according to YouGov’s Quarterly Tablet Tracker for Q1. The report shows that Apple’s market …

Please, Peter, just tell us what’s inside the ****ing cube? Peter Molyneux’s 22Cans release Curiosity: What’s Inside The Cube was released in early November 2012 and we’re still none the wiser as to what life changing” secret is contained within. Amazingly, the game’s latest update now offers the chance for …

How Amplitude opened up the development of its debut title to its players

Survival horror to be first title from Shinji Mikami's studio Tango Gameworks

The Evil Within is the next game from Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami and it’s being published by Bethesda. It’s being developed by Tango Gameworks and is described as a survival horror. That’s about it, for now at least. Expect a deliberately controlled PR trickle of more information over the …

Epic takes a look at the teams that gave it their all at the MSUL 2013 development contest

Jazwares has been appointed by Mojang as a global partner for toys and electronics for the popular Minecraft property. The worldwide deal will pave the way for a full line of Minecraft action figures, plush and paper craft items. Products will be available for holiday 2013. "Minecraft is one of …