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Atlus is to start publishing more games in Europe, according to Atlus USA’s senior PR manager Jacob Nahin. “Previously, we worked with Koch Media – they’re publishing Yakuza Kiwami, for example – but now we’re going to start to publish more titles ourselves over here,” Nahin told MCV@gamescom. Exact titles …

The East London Arts and Music Academy are working with the developer to make the first 'industry-led' games course

Localisation specalist will 'insource' to start and later provide more outsourced services to the Canadian games market

Following a forced hiatus on development of SkySaga Infinite Isles, potential job losses loom for the UK studio

CD Projekt RED have announced a trio of tournaments for recently released Gwent: The Witcher Card Game,with a combined prize pool of $850,000. This is a pretty big amount of money for the fledgling CCG, with it’s closest competitor Hearthstone handing out $250,000 for their seasonal championships. The three tournaments …

Retailer GAME just published its financial results for the year period ending July 29th 2017 and has seen some growth following the positive impact of the Switch launch, the report said. Sales at the High Street retailer in the UK were up 6.8 per cent year-on-year and 8.8 per cent …

No one can miss the massive Shadow of War poster outside the Koelnmesse, and that’s because the new entry in Warner Bros’ Middle-Earth franchise is the publisher’s biggest ever investment for one title, according to SVP of international Olivier Wolff. “[Our sales expectations] are massive,” he told MCV. “Top Five …

Just as EA has announced Battlefield 1’s new competitive mode, Incursions, EVP of global publishing Laura Miele has told MCV that the publisher’s continued focus on live services has “shifted the entire company.” She said: “There is an obligation that we have to players to keep content fresh and keep the …

Today at Gamescom Esports Pro got a chance to get our hands on the content coming to Rainbow Six Siege with the forthcoming Blood Orchid update. We played with the three new operators — the new attacker Ying, and defenders Lesion and Ela — in a bomb defusal match on …

Bandai Namco has announced a new strategic partnership with Life is Strange developer Dontnod Entertainment, MCV can exclusively reveal. The new partnership will see the creation of a brand-new IP based on a new narrative adventure experience. More details about the game, including platforms, a release date and whether it …