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Mark Hamill on board for film and television academy's Los Angeles gaming debut

Activision and No Doubt have settled out of court over the band’s lawsuit against the publisher. The dispute began back in 2009 when the band first filed the lawsuit claiming their likenesses were only to be used in Band Hero with their own in-game tracks – as opposed to the …

With half the industry unavailable this week due to EB EXPO mayhem, MCV Pacific takes a look at a primarily EXPO-led week of news. Day one is now drawing to a close, and MCV’s first impressions of the show(which doubles the size of last year’s effort, which was then the …

African American contractor speaks out against discriminatory office culture

Sony has announced the Resistance franchise will be the next in line to receive the Playstation collection treatment. Over on the US Playstation blog Sony’s Derek Osgood revealed the bundle would run $40 and pack all three PS3 titles, along with ‘the best’ DLC from the second and third games. …

Parody adventure comic come adventure game becomes third most funded game campaign in history

Microsoft will throw its Surface tablet a midnight launch event to coincide with the release of the company’s latest OS Windows 8. The Verge reports Microsoft has begun sending out invites for a special ‘Surface Reception’ shindig on October 25th that will lead up to the tablet’s launch at midnight …

CEO Mark Pincus issues rallying cry to employees

Mists of Pandaria – the latest expansion pack in the World of Warcraft series has sold 2.7m copies worldwide. The PC add-on has also boosted the game’s subscriber numbers, up over 10m users worldwide, the firm says. World of Warcraft has seen a steep drop in subscribers over the last …

Kwalee CEO David Darling examines whether bigger development teams have decreased productivity and how to maximise creativity