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Kingston will conduct a free online StarCraft II tournament to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of its HyperX range of gaming-specific memory products for PC. Gamers from around the world can compete online in order to qualify for the finals at CES 2013 in Las Vegas in January. Amongst the finalists …

One-year goal to make Steam games 'more fun to play in your living room'

Unity Technologies has announced the signing of an agreement with Nintendo to license the Unity engine for the Wii U. The deal grants Nintendo the right to distribute the development platform to all its licensee developers including in-house, external, and third party. The rapid growth of incredible games coming from …

Studio cuts Idle Worship team to devote resources to casino games

Deployment to next-gen Nintendo console coming to engine; platform holder gains distribution rights

England, Arsenal and FIFA 13 cover star Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will join IGN tomorrow to discuss FIFA 13 during a special live stream dedicated to the video game. The football star will join the UK team during a special demonstration of the game tomorrow (Thursday, September 20th) at 4pm. The show …

THQ wants hundreds of gamers to run their own WWE launch parties, offering the chance . The publisher has teamed up with IGN, Kerrang! Radio and party organisers Come Round to offer 500 gamers the chance to get WWE ‘13 a week ahead of release. Winners will receive their title …

When our Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, began we published a piece by Aardvark Swift’s Ian Goodall about why recruitment consultants are still relevant today. Now DataScope MD Julian Hofer chips in with his own opinion on the matter, arguing that agencies can help employers save money …

Rocksmith was an odd announcement. Barely a month after Activision scrapped its fallen giant Guitar Hero, Ubisoft unveiled this seemingly similar game that took the genre one step further. The premise is simple: play along with classic rock songs – but rather than a plastic guitar controller, you use a …

One of the lead developers of Codemasters’ F1 2012 has taken to the game’s forums to chastise some members of its community. We all know what the internet is like. And like it or lump it, the internet gaming community can be one of the worst. So MCV applauds any …