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Valve has revealed the latest weekly top ten selling products on Steam. Bohemia Interactive titles claim three of the ten slots, with the alpha launch of Arma 3 propelling pre-orders for the game to the top spot. Arma II products also came in fifth and seventh. Tomb Raider backed up …

In MCV’s weeklyrundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, Millea heads up Morrisons’ games division and we look at the best job opportunities. Morrisons signs new games buyerSimon Millea is now managing the video games category at?Morrisons, taking on the position of buyer for PC software, games, consoles …

Develop talks to the middleware giant about what it's learnt from its customers

Influential leaders, development inspirations and unsung heroes populate the first list of the top women working in the UK games industry. Put together in association with Women in Games Jobs, and published today, the list recognises women from all areas of the games industry working within the UK. Professionals from …

The creator of indie hit Braid admits that the idea of working with Microsoft on its new Xbox console fills him with a certain amount of dread”. Jonathan Blow’s experiences with PS4, on the other hand, have been overwhelmingly positive. That’s why his next game, The Witness, is scheduled to …

Increased memory in next-gen console will help alleviate level design struggles, says Christophe Carrier

UKIE's Jo Twist on raising the profile of UK game development to politicians and the rest of the world

The man who created the first ever SimCity has said that he likes EA’s modern interpretation, which went on sale in the UK today. "I like it a lot," Will Wright told NowGamer. "It’s interesting, in some sense it reminds me of the post-economic crash. It’s not about making your …

A memo from Maxis general manager Lucy Bradshaw circulated within the studio reveals how much the troubled launch of SimCity has hurt the developer. "I’ll start by saying that I couldn’t be more proud of SimCity and the Maxis team that made it and are supporting it," it reads, as …

Top three titles during first six weeks of launch to be featured in documentary