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The next Angry Birds game will bombard retail next month, MCV can reveal. Angry Birds Space – the fourth title in the smash hit smartphone series – lifts off on March 22nd. And Focus Multimedia will release a boxed PC version less than a month later on April 20th. The …

'Console gaming experience is about delivering something that's way out past the bleeding edge', says Epic's Mark Rein

Ubisoft has announced plans to port From Dust to Google’s free web browser Chrome. The game has previously been available first on Xbox Live before arriving on PC and the PlayStation Network. From Dust was created by Eric Chahi who is arguably best known for his graphically stunning 1991 hit …

Highlights reel boasts engine's capabilities when fused with DirectX 11

Valve co-founder and managing director Gabe Newell has been labelled the newest video game billionaire” by Forbes. The outlet estimates his personal fortune to be around $1.5bn, making him the 854th richest of the globe’s 1,226 billionaires. The news comes as Newell makes his debut appearance on Forbes Millionaire Rich …

More than 60 games industry firms have already signed up to attend this year’s MCV Awards on Thursday, April 19th. These range from publishers such as Activision Blizzard to distributors such as Gem, retailers like GAME and many more listed below. Here’s a selection of companies who have signed up …

Team Fortress 2 revenues have increased 'by a factor of twelve' since going free-to-play, claims Valve programmer

Superhero action game Prototype 2 will prosper thanks to a quiet April,says Activision subsidiary Radical Entertainment. The title is probably the biggest name in a sparse month for retail. Developer Radical hopes it can sell over 4m units – double the original’s sales. We sold 2.1m copies of the first …

The UK games retail market suffered yet another poor month in February, with unit sales down 29 per cent compared with the same period last year. According to GfK Chart-Track, 2,314,424 games were sold last month, generating 55m for stores. In value, that’s almost 25 per cent down compared with …

China accounts for third of total revenues; global sector 'to be worth $25.5 billion by 2015', claims report