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After a record-breaking Gamescom, we look at the core drivers of its success in this week’s issue of MCV. The potential resurgence of Xbox, the importance of video and using events to strengthen community relations were all key to this year’s edition. We talk to Xbox, IGN, Facebook and more …

Aardvark Swift's Grads in Games initiative needs experienced industry hands to help assess student work

Splash Damage has been building competitive games since before esports was even a term. The company was founded in 2001 by creators of several multiple mods, but really found success after releasing the freeware Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (W:ET) in 2003. Since then, multiplayer has been the studios bread and butter. …

Former Sony Interactive Entertainment creative driector to bring new direction to the UK Publisher

Dan Pearce of Four Circle Interactive talks to Sean Cleaver about career beginnings, dropping out of university, games that troll you and the history of 10 Second Nina and its sequel, 10 Second Ninja X

Speaking to Esports Pro at Gamescom, Dirty Bomb’s associate creative director Neil Alphonso said that this is currently a watershed moment for the competitive multiplayer shooter. So, what does Dirty Bomb look like a year from now? “A big thing for me is that players have different things to do.” …

The 2D game engine is now available on Mac with a Mac specific IDE

In this series of articles from Sumo Digital, the UK studio opens its doors to show us what they do and how you can get involved.

A year and a half after the beginning of their collaboration, distributor Koch Media and racing games developer and publisher Codemasters announced the renewal of their partnership. The new deal will see the collaboration carry on for another two years. The details of the agreement will remain the same: this …

Another month, another No.1 for FIFA 17. Once again, EA’s football behemoth has topped the monthly console digital charts in the UK, generating 6.92m in revenue in July. Sales for the title were down 16 per cent month-on-month though, as other titles in the Top Ten grew. Rockstar’s Grand Theft …