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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 …

The PS3 Super Slim can be yours for just 125 next Friday. That’s if you take advantage of GAME’s trade-in deal, which will offer both the standalone 500GB SKU and the FIFA 13 500GB bundle for half of their 249.99 shelf price. To get the discount you must hand over …

The discounting that ‘blighted’ the launch of 3DS at UK retail will likely be avoided for Wii U. There was a lot of stock of 3DS, which meant we felt we could go lower on price,” one senior retailer exec told MCV. But I don’t expect nearly as much Wii …