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There are close to 100 studios based in Indonesia, making the Asian nation a great source of development talent. The vast majority focus on mobile games. Others offer services for larger publishers’ projects, specialising in areas such as art. None of the traditional publishers have a local office in the …

'We will never exploit our players', says Meteor CEO Mark Long

Game4u’s digital games service downloads4u is offering upto 70% off on select games through its ‘12 Days of Christmas’ promotion. Starting tomorrow – 14th December, a new PC or Mac game will go on sale each day for 12 days, culminating on Christmas day. While a complete list of games …

Less than two months after its release, Assassin’s Creed 3 has sold 7 million copies worldwide, making it the fastest selling game in publisher Ubisoft’s history. To put that number into perspective, Ubisoft has sent across some impressive statistics: In solo missions, players have accumulated more than 82 centuries of …

Creator of virtual reality headset unlikely to use crowdfunding site again

Online video games clothes outlet Fragwear is back. The firm has teamed up with peripherals specialist Razer for the relaunch, with the first 100 orders receiving ‘money-can’t-buy’ limited edition Razer goods. The site can be found at www.fragwear.co.uk. "We are really excited to open the doors again. We have had …

Develop catches up with the Hawken team pushing triple-A into the future

Early beta version of development platform available to Marmalade Professional and Plus license holders

This week’s MCV isnow available to view online – and it boasts our huge review of the year where we discuss the seven games that defined 2012. We also analyse the November sales data, pick the 25 Gadgets to stock this Christmas and reveal the full state of the UK …

China re-launch of MMO 'surpasses expectations' as number of players reaches record high