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Document with power to influence government policy lists nation's games sector as having a gross value of £0

Brian Baglow of Scottishgames.net reacts to a new government report that seems to misrepresent the status of Scotland's games sector

Square Enix president and CEO Yoichi Wada has a visionary plan to cope with the digital transition, should the static games console become irrelevant. Last week, Square Enix unveiled Core Online, a brand new HD games streaming service for browsers. The service has back catalogue titles available free-to-play with a …

Chronicles of Riddick and Syndicate developer Starbreeze Studios has signed a two-game publishing deal with 505 Games. Previously announced titles Payday 2 and P13 (working title) will both release in 2013 under the agreement. The former title is a sequel to Sony Online Entertainment’s Payday: The Heist. The latter is …

Over 300,000 units scheduled for customers worldwide

Art outsourcing production house launches two new art and animation asset collections

Developer wanted more than a â??traditional publisherâ?? for its 2013 projects

Marvelous AQL has announced the upcoming PC release of Half-Minute Hero – and the game will mark the first digital game from its new European team. The Japanese publisher is a serious player in the digital games space in Japan, but is now hoping to build a similar business in …

The developer of Call of Juarez has ditched retail for its next title and is determined to make its mark on digital instead. Polish studio Techland told MCV it wants to push the quality of digital titles” with its upcoming downloadable FPS, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger, which was announced today …

MCV’s Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM, aims to cover all aspects of gaming careers – from entry level roles to the upper echelons. Commercial directors are often mentioned among the latter, so we speak to IGN’s Adam Hopkinson to find out what this position actually involves: How …