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Creative director and artists depart studio where Gears of War prequel is in the making

TRENDING NOW: That’s the thing with modern media – the time lapse between ‘making a silly comment’ and ‘paying the price for a silly comment’ is so very, very small. And so it is that Gearbox’s use of the term ‘Girlfriend Mode’ to describe an upcoming new feature that dramatically …

One of the hottest controversies in the games industry this year is about to erupt once again. Hot on the heels of the Hitman trailer scandal and the Tomb Raider rape controversy, Gearbox is dangerously close to stumbling into a sexism row of its own. Speaking in an interview with …

ADD TO YOUR BOOKMARKS: Is the ‘are the games art?’ debate the most tedious in recorded human history? Perhaps. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t make deadendthrills.com one of your main go-to bookmarks. Because you should. Run by freelance games journalist and former Edge writer Duncan Harris, the site documents …

Grid 2, the sequel to one of the best racing games of this generation, is Codemasters’ most expensive development yet, the publisher has revealed. Speaking to MCV UK, the game’s executive producer Clive Moody said, I believe it’s probably our most expensive development to date,” adding, This is a game, …

Over 50 per cent of its students have found employment in the industry

This Friday is an historic one for Nintendo. The launch of New Super Mario Bros 2 marks not only the end of the barren summer (along with Square Enix’s Sleeping Dogs) but also the launch of the ‘New Nintendo’. That’s because the game will be the first to be launched …

It has been five years since Codemasters’ acclaimed racer hit the tracks. MCV speaks to the team to discuss the game’s legacy, new tech and why Grid 2 has taken so long to arrive What sort of research did you undertake with Grid 2? Edd Newby-Robson, Senior Brand Manager: We’ve …

The Olympics may be over for the rest of us but not for Sega, which enjoyed a third week at the top of the charts with its London 2012 tie-in. There’s no change in the Top Four, with Mario & Sonic and Warner’s Dark Knight duo still shifting the most …

Activision now claims to have not one, but two of the biggest franchises in games, serving two very different audiences. MCV asked European VP Michael Sportouch and UK & Ireland MD Peter Hepworth if Call of Duty and Skylanders can keep growing in the face of a pressured retail market …