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No reason given for Daniel Erickson's departure after seven years at the developer

Developers and retailers haven’t always seen eye-to-eye, but when they do it can lead to some hilarious results. Take for instance Jake Solomon. The lead designer on the upcoming turn-based strategy game XCOM: Enemy Unknown. He wants people to buy his new game. So he attended Power Gamer in Maryland, …

Disney’s Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two will be ready for the launch of Wii U on November 30th. The Epic Mickey series began in 2010 and is created by popular development legend Warren Spector. It brought back classic Disney characters, including Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, the precursor to …

A new UK corporate games studio has emerged, and is being launched with the help of former Sega West boss Mike Hayes. Serious Games International is a new UK-based firm that wants to produce game-like applications for corporate firms, such as training programmes. The idea being that games is a …

New developer to produce game-like applications for corporate firms

The UK’s best up-and-coming talent will take their place in the spotlight as MCV’s annual 30 Under 30 returns. Every year this hugely popular feature highlights the achievements and exertions of the industry’s younger execs working across the UK. The 2012 edition will be published later this month. It is …

Blockbuster’s UK operations are not in the process of being sold, the firm has told MCV. MCV was contacted yesterday with reports that Blockbuster’s global parent – US-based satellite broadcaster Dish Network – was finalising the sale of the company’s 550 UK stores to one of two interested parties. But …

This week’s million-selling UK superhit continues to impress on the global stage. EA last night announced that FIFA 13 has now sold 4.5 million copies worldwide. In just five days. By EA’s reasoning that makes it the ‘biggest video game of 2012’, and so far that’s not wrong. (We’re sure …

A survey recently conducted by research firm EEDAR shows nearly 60 per cent of mobile gamers are women. The survey contained 2,491 respondents ages 15 to 64 who qualified as ‘active’ mobile gamers. The findings, reported by USA Today, revealed women are more likely to play mobile titles than men, …

Bethesda has announced the establishing of Battlecry Studios, a new studio led by former Star Wars: The Old Republic executive producer and BioWare Austin VP Rich Vogel. The development house joins Arkane Studios as the second Austin-based studio for Bethesda’s parent company Zenimax. "I have always admired and respected Bethesda’s …