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A dedicated MCV Awards website is now live at www.mcvawards.com, containing everything you need to know about this year’s event, plus a video and pictures archive, all in one place. Sixty-three different companies from across the games industry are nominated for prizes at this year’s MCV Industry Excellence Awards, which …

Shooter Spec Ops: The Line will hit UK shelves in June with a host of pre-order bonuses, 2K Games has announced. The Xbox 360, PS3 and PC game will arrive on June 26th in North America and on June 29th in the UK. Consumers who pre-order the title will receive …

Sony has sent in its Western studios to help tackle the troubled development of Team Ico’s The Last Guardian, Sony’s game design chief has revealed. In an interview withWired, Shuhei Yoshida said that Sony Santa Monica and other teams in the US and Europe have been brought in to support …

'Progress is slow and the title faces very tough technical issues' admits Sony design chief

Crowdfunding project bursts into life after several quiet weeks

Speaking a few days before this morning’s official launch of the PlayStation Vita, Sony’s American boss Jack Tretton has said that early Sony sales data is very, very positive”. Memory is going out the door very aggressively despite the fact that memory is in a lot of the presale bundles,” …

Develop asks Paul Gower six questions on a game he made. How do you think he scored?

The animation company lifts the lid on it's Auto-Rigging technology

The general manager for GDC events gets the rapid-fire question treatment

Hundreds of UK games stores opened their doors at midnight last night to usher in the long awaited arrival of Sony’s PlayStation Vita. Thousands of consumers across the country attended a number of midnight openings to be amongst the first to get their hands on the device. GAME’s Oxford Street …