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This month’s London Games Conference will serve as a rude awakening to the games industry. Speakers attending the October 27th event (tickets for which are available by mailing here) have already revealed to MCV key issues that they plan to address. They say that almost half the industry – around …

Sony has revealed its Ratchet and Clank: A Crack In Time special edition. The set is available exclusively in Europe, while UK gamers will have to pick up their copy from GAME. The Collector’s Edition comes with a 3D lenticular cover, an artbook and a PSN voucher that allows gamers …

Sony has confirmed EyePet is still on track for a UK release before Christmas. Kotaku reports that the US edition of the PlayStation Eye-based pet simulator has been delayed until 2010 for additional polish. However, a Sony spokesperson has told MCV the game will still arrive on UK shelves on …

Harrison, Cecil and Segerstrale to discuss demise of the disc at London Games Conference

Peggle company previously 'resisted' taking outside capital

Around thirty jobs axed at the former developer of Scratch: The Ultimate DJ

The second part of Develop's focus on Assassin's Creed II looks over the game's Anvil engine

One of the leaders in digital distribution for games is the Steam service from independent developer Valve, creator of Half-Life and Left4Dead. Michael French speaks to director of business development Jason Holtman about the interplay between physical and digital – and the contentious issue of a download chart… What impact …

UK developer will use NaturalMotionâ??s animation middleware on a long-term basis

First game was an 'astonishing experience' for Ubi producer Puel