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Minecraft developer Mojang has announced the Block by Block program, an initiative in partnership with the UN to encourage youth to join in the planning process of building local environments. The development studio explains the collaboration on its blog as similar to the program implemented in Sweden. A reconstruction of …

New game in BAFTA winning adventure series a go

The total number of US gamers has seen a significant reduction in 2012, according to an NPD report. USA Today reports the group’s Gamer Segmentation 2012: The New Faces of Gamers report estimates there are currently 211.5m gamers in America, a five per cent decline from 2011. The report specifies …

Total War Battles: Shogun lead designer says developers should stress design over tech

Ubisoft, which had ditched its notorious always-online DRM last year, has confirmed that it will not be going back to it. In an interview with PC gaming site Rock Paper Shotgun, Ubi’s worldwide director for online games Stephanie Perotti and corporate communications manager Michael Burk said that future Ubisoft PC …

A new image posted by Ubisoft on the official Call of Juarez Facebook page hints at the announcement of a new installment in the franchise. The image also mentions today’s date, so we could have an announcement today itself. While it’s not much to go by, the image does hint …

Overstrike, the first game announced by Resistance and Ratchet and Clank creator Insomniac Games since deciding to go multiplatform, is now called Fuse. Published by EA, the shooter was first revealed at E3 2011, but little had been revealed since then. Now, a new video has been released, showing a …

HUEBRIX, the third game from Mumbai-based Yellow Monkey Studios, is set for release today. The four-member team – Shailesh Prabhu (founder and game designer), Krishna Israney (game designer), Manu Thomas (game programmer) and Yorrick Mendes (game Programmer) – spoke to MCV about the new game, the journey so far, and …

Giant scientific charity's Gamify Your PhD project plucks project to fund for new initiative

Lara Croft is a permanent fixture at the MCV offices. Eidos had mocked up an image of her reading your favourite trade weekly to celebrate our first birthday (which was 1999). It still stands proud in our office today, reminding us of a time when the Britsoft pin-up was one …