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A company that believes it has the answer to a console-less gaming future has announced the successful capture of $6m in series A funding. Green Throttle believes that the successor to the console is already amongst us – our smartphones and tablets. And its plan to exploit the situation is …

UKIE and TIGA welcome first details of government scheme

Namco Bandai’s popular RPG series Tales has passed the 15m unit shipped milestone. The most recent release Tales of Xillia 2 on PS3 has itself shipped 480,000 units since its Japanese release at the beginning of December. The IP first debuted way back in 1995 when Tales of Phantasia was …

Autumn Statement reveals first details of tax breaks structure

George Osborne's Autumn Statement reveals £500,000 share for games

It’s only when we are faced with Christmas shopping that we realise how limiting our paypackets can be. Is yours particularly generous or restricting? Let us know. MCV is once again conducting our annual salary survey, giving the UK games industry the chance to share both the pain and pleasure …

The UK eSports scene has been around for the best part of 20 years And Craig Fletcher has been involved in it since 1994, running his own Doom 2 league. By 1997 he set-up Multiplay. The firm may be best known for its Insomnia gaming tournaments, but Multiplay also does …

Pro-gaming can be an expensive hobby. Competitive gamers are the sort of people willing to splash hunderds of pounds on a mouse or a headset. These products are often fully customisable and designed to give players that extra edge in the heat of battle. And manufacturers are clambering to get …

The biggest eSports games on the market today are StarCraft II, Dota 2 and League of Legends. But these games haven’t made it as eSports titles by accident. The likes of Blizzard, Valve, Riot Games and Ubisoft have created content, features and modes designed specifically for the competitive gaming market. …

The jury may still be out on Black Ops II’s overall market performance, but the shooter has claimed yet another very impressive record today. Activision has announced that the game has hit the $1bn sales milestone in 15 days – that’s a day quicker than its predecessor Modern Warfare 3 …