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Karp to take up role as executive VP for mobile and social games

Language barriers are preventing small studios succeeding on the platform, says Marvelous AQL producer

15 successful nominees will earn the chance to pitch their proposals to publishers

Q Entertainment CCO takes on spokesperson role at Tokyo studio

Just give us a moment to extract ourselves form the mound of pinched salt that has enveloped us. A report on French site Journaldugamer – as translated by OXM – makes a number of fascinating claims about the long-waited Valve sequel. It claims that the project has endured a very …

Season 4 of the Indian Cyber Gaming Championship will take place in Goa from 5th to 7th October. Organised by Re-Inforcement, part of Nodwin Gaming, next month’s ICGC finals are a culmination of various local tournaments across 14 cities, the top teams and players from which will duke it out …

DVD and Blu-ray have already made more than 700m for UK retail this year. That entertainment sector is tracking ahead of last year, with 90.3m discs sold. And it is outstripping year-to-date sales of video games both in terms of units and value. With plenty of high-profile releases still on …

30 universities such as Stanford, Brown and the University of London pledge support to education site

This week’s MCV is now available to download – and it is jam-packed with features and stories, including our bumper 10-page guide to the DVD and Blu-ray sector. In this 88-page edition, you’ll also find an interview with FIFA’s boss David Rutter, former Gamestation staff discuss their memories of the …

There was a time when FIFA wasn’t the unstoppable juggernaut that it is today. A time when it offered just dull, lifeless football in its bid to grind its way to the top of the Chart-Track league table. Much has been written about FIFA’s rise to prominence since then. Of …