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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 …

A new Microsoft patent has added to the body of evidence suggesting Xbox 720 will be anything other than conventional. Back in June it was revealed that Microsoft included virtual reality headset technology in a leaked Xbox 720 roadmap document. Then last week a patent emerged based on an Environmental …

Sony revealed the new super slim PS3 at its Tokyo Game Show press conference yesterday, and Sony India has today announced that the new console will make its way to India before Diwali. The new PS3 is 25 per cent smaller and 20 per cent lighter than the current PS3 …

Total War developer takes top prize, with Firefly Studios and Side close behind