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Ubisoft won the most prizes at the MCV Awards. It took home three key industry accolades and two prizes for Assassin’s Creed III at the MCV Awards. The publisher won Digital Distribution Team, Export Sales Team and Marketing Team. Meanwhile its efforts on Assassin’s Creed III won it the two …

Attendees of last night’s MCV Awards 2013 were treated to a big-screen look at EA’s impressive 60-second Battlefield 4 ad. And the good news is you can see it right here. Battlefield 4 looks to push the graphical envelope further than ever before thanks to the power of EA’s Frostbite …

Seth Sivak's studio builds fund following the release of its first mobile game

Flat Earth Games director Leigh Harris discusses the emotional roller coaster of creating a game

Battlefield studio seeks student to investigate Oculus Rift for possible Frostbite integration

Jordan Amaro leaves Nottingham office to work on Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain

Ye olde Xbox 360 continues to defy its years. Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division – home of amongst other things its Xbox operations – saw revenues increase 56 per cent year-on-year for the three months ending March 31st, hitting $2.53bn. The numbers were credited to higher Xbox 360 platform and …

NPD Group is stating that during all-important December last year, one in five customers was going online for their purchase. This is up from one in ten (10%) for the same period in 2012. The majority of such online purchases were for items under AUD$50, with a significant drop-off occuring …

Microsoft has sold 77 million units of the Xbox 360

Some of the most proactive and innovative firms in the UK games business took home top honours at this evening’s MCV Awards. 16 different companies claimed the trade’s most coveted awards, voted for by a judging panel of peers and senior execs. CentreSoft won the highest honour, the Grand Prix, …