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Heading to Cologne next week? Make sure you’re full prepared with our comprehensive guide to the world’s biggest games show. The full five-page guide, including maps of Koelnmesse and a full exhibitor list, can be found in this week’s issue of MCV – available to download here. In the meantime, …

Scary games are, as a rule, not for this author. And as you’ve probably heard, Slender is VERY scary. The idea stems from a Something Awful thread where users would Photoshop pictures to insert ghostly images lingering in the background. Over time one figure became increasingly common – Slender Man. …

Japanese mobile gaming giant DeNA generated $609m in revenues during Q2 2012. The company reports that’s a 37 per cent increase when compared to the same period last year and the highest quarterly revenue it has ever achieved. Operating profit for the three months ended June 30th came in at …

The Counter-Strike 1.6 India finals of the Asia e-Sports Cup will be held in Mumbai this weekend. After holding qualifiers in 14 Indian cities, 32 finalists teams will head down to Mumbai on 11th and 12th August to participate in the all-India finals. The Cup is organised and executed by …

Dare to be Digital 2012 competitors Kind of a Big Deal talk exclusively to Develop about working on their entry title Starcrossed

Having embarked on its Kickstarter journey with a lofty target of $950k, Ouya Kickstarter dream has reached a spectacular conclusion. Having gone live on July 10th, the project closed last night with total funding of $8,596,475 from 63,416 backers. In addition, Kickstarter has revealed that 12 backers pledged a total …

There are just a few days to go before the world’s biggest games show. Gamescom veterans tell us how they are preparing Andy Robinson, Editor, CVGBefore the show, map out your appointments and figure out exactly where they are. The convention center in Cologne is a big old place if …

More than 60,000 backers pledge support for new platform

HMV sales fell 12.1 per cent for the last financial year, with the retailer posting a loss of 16.2m. The loss is roughly in-line with what the entertainment retailer said it would lose back in May. In total HMV generated 923.2m last year. Video games sales plunged 17 per cent …

After weeks of intense lobbying, MCV can reveal the finalists of this year’s Games Media Awards – over 30 writers, plus more than 50 online and print publications, are in the running. The winners will be voted for by a 200-strong judging panel, comprising members of the media and industry …