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Publisher 'temporarily' pauses promotion of troubled city-builder

EA has removed SimCity from the Indian Origin Store after users outside India found a technical loophole that allowed them to purchase the game at a significantly lower price. Due to a technical exploit that is being abused by some users, EA has had to temporarily remove SimCity from the …

Gearbox has revealed a new Borderlands 2 character is on its way in an upcoming DLC pack. During a SXSW panel, the developer showed off a teaser showing a silhouetted figure with devastating power. "Deep beneath Pandora, an experiment has escaped,” the teaser read. "Bandits beware, a new vault hunter …

Former Sony president and CEO Howard Stringer will retire in June. Bloomberg reports the company’s chairman made the announcement at the Japan Society in New York last week, and will step down during Sony’s annual shareholder meeting. "A new world is opening up for me that will allow me to …

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