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2K Games’ distributor Gem is running a number of promotions in support of Borderlands 2. The firm (which has also worked on the ‘Guns, Guns, Guns’ Top Trumps pre-order campaign), is running a Facebook competition. Simply by liking the GemGroup page, you can win an Xbox 360 250GB Console and …

Rovio’s new Angry Birds spin-off is coming to retail next month. A PC version of Bad Piggies will be released by Focus Multimedia, and the publisher says the game will even get free DLC in the form of extra levels – just like the game’s iOS equivalent. Bad Piggies, as …

Fresh from scaring the bejesus out of the gaming world in June, Slender creator Mark Hadley has revealed he is working on a sequel – The Arrival. Slender: The Eight Pages was a free experimental PC game that gained a cult following and was extensively covered by the specialist press. …

The UK's most intelligent developers competing to show their colleagues who's best

Blizzard is hosting seven major launch events across Europe for World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. The festivities take place Monday evening (September 24th) in Paris, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Cologne and Stockholm. But for those that are unable to attend, Blizzard is live streaming the event over YouTube. The …

Our Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, takes a look at the fast-growing social network LinkedIn, which boasts more than 175m members. MCV speaks to David Cohen, LinkedIn’s director for Northern Europe about how the site makes it easier for applicants to learn more about the companies they …

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HMV’s sales have declined 11.6 per cent for the 20 weeks ending September 15th, 2012. It’s disappointing and is in line with how the retailer has been performing all year. HMV says a quiet summer of releases, plus a combination of The Olympics, The Queen’s Jubilee and the Euros, has …

One of the new elements in FIFA this year is the inclusion of Kinect and Move. But is this really what FIFA needs? Or are these just introductions to please the platforms holders? It could have been a distraction, but we as a team always endeavor to ensure that what …

Amazon’s video games boss has left the retailer for a role at mobile publisher and developer Tag Games. Graham Chambers – whose other significant roles over a 20-year career has included MD at Gauntlet Entertainment, MD at Ubisoft and sales director at Nintendo – takes the role of head of …