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"The talented team members who originally worked on the game are resuming development efforts today!"

Self-publishing has revolutionised the industry but to make the most of it you need a range of tools and services to support you. MCV talks to chief marketing officer Nathalie Lubensky about Xsolla’s efforts to become a one stop shop for studios

Following its strong October debut, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 instantly became the best-selling game of the year in the US

"The deck is more stacked in our favour than it ever has been"

"I'm just so saddened by the greed Valve is showing"

"I'm confident our best games are still ahead of us"

There’s "no change or impact" on the Oculus brand or business

Activision has responded to criticism that Spyro Reignited Collection lacks subtitled cutscenes by stating there is "no industry standard for subtitles". Gaming blog GamePitt (via GamesIndustry.biz) reported that while there are instructional subtitles when you’re talking to NPCs, "when you enter any of the newly created pre-rendered cutscenes, there are …

A "disc-to-digital" program will permit players to exchange physical games for digital codes

"It's beyond anything I could have imagined in my wildest dreams"