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The smash hit Minecraft is the first game to top the UK Xbox Live Arcade Top Ten. The Top Ten will be printed exclusively as part of MCV’s market-leading charts and market data coverage every week. And our first XBLA Top Ten, for the week ending January 27th, is below. …

Computing giant ending popular indie development toolset, but DirectX will remain

Distributor E-xpress Interactive has begun a preorder campaign for eight of its upcoming games, whereby all preorder customers stand a chance to win a PS3 or Xbox 360, among other prizes. The games included in the promotion are Hitman HD Trilogy, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Tomb Raider, Bioshock: Infinite, Injustice: Gods …

Link Distribution is sponsoring both the Online and High Street prizes for best independent retailer. 2013 is the first year that High Street and Online indies have been recognised separately. We’re delighted and proud to sponsor the MCV Awards 2013, especially the awards for a sector that have delivered us …

This week’s MCV – which isnow available to view online– analyses the collapse of THQ and reveals what games retail will look like in ten years time. We also discuss the growing Nordic Territory, while UKIE’s Jo Twist talks about curing the confidence crisis impacting the UK games industry. And …

Sony is set to hold an event on 20th February that may well be for the reveal of the newest member of the PlayStation family – the PlayStation 4. A post on the PlayStation Blog titled ‘See the Future’ included only a video that doesn’t say much but teases the …

As we’ve now come to expect from Rockstar Games’ big releases, Grand Theft Auto 5 has been delayed from its earlier spring 2013 release window, and now has a firm 17th Septmeber release date. This date, however, only applies to the Xbox 360 and PS3 version of GTA V; there’s …

Developer of crowdfunded project Star Citizen is betting on PC to trump new consoles

Sony Online Entertainment and Major League Gaming have announced an agreement to integrate PlanetSide 2 into eSports events. The partnership will bring original PlanetSide 2 programming to MLG’s site and Twitch.tv channel, with details and a programing set to arrive in a matter of weeks. Additionally, players in the MMOFPS …

Microsoft has confirmed it has no plans to produce future versions of its XNA development software. Rumours began yesterday when an email leak surfaced, stating that both the framework and DirectX were to be retired from Microsoft’s program. A Microsoft rep later confirmed to Polygon that there won’t be any …