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Meteor Entertainment’s free to play mech title Hawken will enter open beta on December 12th. It will be accessible in all territories excluding China, where it is instead being published by Kong Zhong. Open beta is our chance to implement all the good feedback we’ve gotten from closed beta players …

Most major games arrive in the UK with a bang: often a star-studded launch party, some form of high-profile PR stunt and a slew of midnight openings. But while such launches are often a much more muted affair in other territories, there are some publishers trying to bring the spectacle …

If you spend any sort of time on the internet you’ve probably suffered at the hands of a troll. MCV knows about this all too well. But even amongst these cesspools of morons, elements of the League of Legends community have a quite brutal reputation. Which is why the developers …

Inaugural title KnightScape made using studio's mobile game platform

Online games maker Bigpoint has surpassed 300 million registered users. Bigpoint has created online hits, such as Battlestar Galactica Online, Drakensang Online, Farmerama, Pirate Storm and Dark Orbit, amassing communities across the world, connected by its global gaming site Bigpoint.com. In recent years, we’ve seen a rapid increase and unprecedented …

The last NASSCOM Gaming Forum meet-up of 2012 will take place in Bangalore later this month. Scheduled to speak at the meet-up are Dhruva Interactive CEO and NASSCOM Gaming Forum chair Rajesh Rao; Sumit Mehra, executive producer at Zynga; and HashCube co-founder Deepan Chakravarthy. The 3rd Bangalore meet-up is scheduled …

This week’s MCV isnow available to view online – and it boasts our huge annual retail survey. The survey reveals who the High Street thinks was the best publisher, moment and distributor of 2012, amongst others. It also discusses its hopes for Christmas and what we can expect from 2013. …

Multi-title licensing agreement for revered tabletop franchise

The complete Tomb Raider collection is now available on Steam. Square Enix has just added the original Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider 2, Tomb Raider 3, Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, Tomb Raider: Chronicles and Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness to Valve’s digital service. Each of these games are available for …

Total War developer Creative Assembly has been handed the Warhammer licence by owner Sega. A new multi-title licensing agreement with IP owner Games Workshop has led to the formation of a new development team within the studio, with the first game scheduled to launch from beyond 2013”. Other video game …