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The forever popular MCV Awards opening video has become the highlight of the annual trade show – and now you can see it online right here. Featuring a larger UK trade cast than ever before, the MCV Awards 2013 opening video features a number of the country’s leading video games …

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The executive chairman of Google has argued that the company’s minute UK corporation tax bill is entirely justified. The company came in for fierce criticism when it emerged that it paid just 6m in UK corporation tax in its last financial year. That’s for a company worth over 175bn. But …

Industry professionals discuss what devs can do to regulate and improve the business model

A free Jabra Solemate Bluetooth speaker worth 150 will be given to all attendees of next month’s PCR Boot Camp. PCR Boot Camp, organised by MCV sister magazine PCR, is a conference and expo for the UK’s top technology retailers. The one-day event returns for a second year at The …

A partnership between Konami and the Asian Football Confederation will see the AFC Champions League officially featured in future PES games, starting with this year’s PES 2014. Like its European counterpart, AFC Champions League consists of 32 elite clubs from Asia and Australia. Don’t expect to see an Indian club …

3DS owners are offered the chance to grab a game download from the eShop for free. Starting tomorrow (April 23rd) players who register three games from a select list will receive a code with which that can choose another title to download absolutely free. The games included in the promotion …

Ukie's Jo Twist calls on the UK industry to band together in the face of the European Commission's investigation into games tax relief

Supermarkets and Amazon have boosted their entertainment market share at the expense of GAME and HMV. Kantar Worldpanel’s Entertainment Retailer Barometer report states that Amazon made the biggest market share gains for the 12 weeks ending March 17th 2013. The numbers include sales of physical video games, games and digital …

And to think – we thought we’d miss out on the Luis Suarez SEO bandwagon. As we know, Deep Silver is holding a real zombie-themed wedding in an effort to promote this Friday’s release of Dead Island: Riptide. Now the company has put out a press release saying that it …