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Retailers across Europe face the possibility of receiving their Nintendo stock a lot later in the future. Games Industry reports that retailers will in future be receiving their games far closer to the official launch date than they have previously. The platform holder merely confirmed that “it is ‘consistently reviewing …

Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter has launched a new service designed to rival the likes of Patreon. While Kickstarter can be used to crowdfund products and projects with a one-off payment from backers, Drip instead looks to provide creative individuals with an ongoing monthly payment. As the company phrases it: “Kickstarter is …

The future of Gazillion Entertainment is in doubt after Disney confirmed the closure of Marvel Heroes and the termination of its partnership. “We regret to inform our Marvel Heroes fans that we have ended our relationship with Gazillion Entertainment, and that the Marvel Heroes games will be shut down,” the …

The Game Developer Conference will be looking for documentaries and narrative films focused on the video games and are taking submissions

New music festival will feature Japanese composer Masaya Matsuura and UK composer Rob Hubbard

Jem Alexander speaks to Francesco Bruschi, founder of Milan-based studio 3DClouds, about the developer’s attempt to reinvigorate the kart racing genre and the state of the Italian games industry

The free-to-play future of Starcraft 2 promises on-stage at Blizzcon has arrived, with players now able to get their hands on the Wings of Liberty campaign and multiplayer for the low low price of nothing. Players can get their hands on the Wings of Liberty campaign for free, and will …

Our sister site, MCV, is gearing up for the 2018 MCV Awards and the nominations are open now. From MCV’s beloved premiere Seth Barton, comes this missive: “It’s that time of year again. Yes, we know that your biggest releases are only just out the door, if that, but it’s …

Read our full interview with GAME CEO Martyn Gibbs. Speaking to MCV today, following on from GAME’s full-year results, CEO Martyn Gibbs commented on the stock situation of Switch this Christmas, something that will have a direct impact on the bottom-line not only for many big publishers but also for …

Tencent has reported revenues of $9.8bn in it’s Q3 2017 financials, an increase of 61 per cent year-on-year. Tencent is the world’s biggest games company, and made $2.7bn in profit over the last quarter, a rise of 69 per cent year-on-year. Nice. The two figures combined are the company’s strongest …