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In MCV’s weeklyrundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, Namco expands its UK PR team and we look at the hottest job opportunities. Namco Bandai hires new PR bossThe publisher has hired Jonathon Lopera as UK PR manager. With previous experience in both marketing communication roles, Lopera joins …

BitComposer has only acquired the rights to book series Roadside Panic, says dev

Third-party estore claims to provide more control over mobile and PC app payments

'We'll do what we consider as the best thing for the business and developers', says Mike Gamble

Epic's Mike Gamble on democratising UE3 and UE4

Arma 3 has been officially postponed until 2013 by developer Bohemia Interactive. The decision comes as two of its staff remain in jail following their arrest over allegations that they were scouting a military base on the Greek island of Lemnos in the name of research for the game. All …

BitCompser has not acquired the video game rights to the STALKER series, the game’s developer GSC has insisted. MCV reported earlier this week that the German firm, which published the third STALKER game, had moved to capture the rights. When the claim was contested, BitComposer insisted that it had captured …

Ubisoft’s expert handling of its Rayman IP on iPhone has been named as Apple’s iPhone Game of the Year for 2012 in the UK. Rayman Jungle Run was released in September and did a superb job of bringing the trademark colourful visuals and gameplay seen in the console versions to …

Total sales of hit world-building title surpass 17.5 million

Ex-PopCap and Blizzard staff to open new multi-platform developer on the San Francisco Peninsula