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'Rising star' exec ready to jump to new job, report claims

Heavy Rain director believes games should evolve through ideas, not just tech

Combat system to be 'completely redesigned' to offer users a more 'fluid and interactive system'

After his Heavy Rain breakthrough, David Cage knows he must meet bigger ambitions

Gem is giving retailers the chance to win a pile of Max Payne goodness in their latest Best Dressed Store contest. Entries have been flooding in, such as this effort (pictured) from Welsh indie Games Exchange, so the company has extended the deadline for this competition to June 1st, when …

Spec Ops: The Line developer Yager is not currently working on Dead Island 2, publisher Deep Silver has asserted. The rebuttal comes after rumours suggesting the game was already at production at the studio. And while Deep Silver has dismissed this, it has not ruled out the possibility of such …

The Xbox 360 Kinect campaign leads thethe top ten games and console TV campaigns of the year to date. The chart below represents the Top Ten games and consoles TV campaigns of 2012. The larger the bubble, the larger the campaign, in TVR terms. One TVR represents one per cent …

The MCV/Xbox 360 Quiz returned in style last night, with Gem taking home the big prize. The contest returned to Holborn’s Sway bar and pitted teams from across the UK games industry against each other. In addition to regulars such as Ubisoft, Future Publishing and GameSpot, it was also the …

Publisher EA has announced that it will air the world TV premiere ad for Medal of Honor: Warfighter during tomorrow’s Champions League final between Chelsea and Bayern Munich. And those of you who read MCVuk.com will know that a certain other war shooter will also get a TV ad tomorrow …

Rockstar’s popular shooter series returns to shelves today with the release of Max Payne 3. The action blockbuster revisits the grizzled cop with a penchant for slow motion dives as he tackles everyone from New York lowlifes to Brazilian street gangs. There is even a range of multiplayer modes to …