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Iain Smith, an associate producer at Codemasters who has worked on Dirt 3 and Dirt Showdown, has confirmed that Grid 2 is in production. Talking to Inc Gamers, Smith said that there were two core game teams at Codemasters; one working on Dirt, while the other was working on an …

Protracted lawsuit comes to a close; Details confidential

The fifth Humble Indie Bundle is now live, and it offers perhaps the series’ best line-up of games yet. The bundle this time around includes stunning platformer Limbo; the universally acclaimed adventure romp Bastion; survival-horror sensation Amnesia: The Dark Descent; Double Fine’s classic Psychonauts; and arty adventure title Superbrothers: Sword …

The National Association of Software and Services Companies has pledged its support for the launch of MCV India, the country’s first publication focusing on local trade and game development. NASSCOM is India’s premier trade body and chamber of commerce for the IT industry, and the NASSCOM Gaming Forum was set …

Sony today announced Sports Champions 2, the sequel to Zindagi Games’ multi-million selling PlayStation Move launch title. Zindagi returns at the helm for the sequel, with help from Sony’s San Diego Studio. The sports compilation will this time around feature games such as skiing, bowling, tennis, golf, boxing, and a …

Master Chief is not the only one making a comeback – the COG forces will return in a brand new Gears of War title. The shadowy teaser image you can see to the right is the cover of the latest issue of GameInformer, and the US mag reports it is …

Activision is targeting the die-hard Transformer fans with its pre-order DLC offering in the US for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. The publisher has announced that customers who pre-order the game from either GameStop or EB Games in the US will receive a code to unlock a generation one version of …

A new chapter in the chronicles of troubled hard man Sam Fisher will be revealed by Ubisoft at E3, rumours would have us believe. It will be called Splinter Cell: Black List, IGN reports, and is scheduled for release on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii U in January 2013. Although …

Develop's Audio Special continues with advice from Side

Once again the issue around calculating digital sales data towards the industry’s charts and research data has become a talking point. Last week MCV discussed the suggestion that Blizzard’s Diablo III would have topped the charts if digital sales from Blizzard’s Battle.net store had been included in retail charts. GfK …