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Tony Williams is to leave Codemasters having stepped down from his post as chief operating officer, MCV can reveal. The games industry veteran oversaw the Britsoft giant’s global operation and its plans for Europe and North America. He joined Codemasters in 2005 with over 20 prior years of experience, having …

London studio's Wii shooter gets Guiness World Record for swearing

Additional Government backing for Shanghai industry conference

New startup Gazillion to have exclusive 10-year rights for Marvel characters

MCV’s sister mag Develop recently sat down with Peter Molyneux to talk about the mistakes he’s made as studio head of Lionhead – and, most importantly, how he’s learnt some important lessons and turned the studio around. "If I’m honest, on Fable we just burnt people’s lives; we destroyed the …

Leading internet search form Google is to host a games-centric press gathering at GDC next week, though the details of what will or will not be on show remain deliberately vague. Invites for the event seem to focus on games-related themes for iGoogle. More interestingly, however, it also states: We …

Geomericsâ?? Enlighten technology is now go for Unreal Engine 3 usersâ?¦

Developer adopts new Gamebryo LightSpeed engine

House of the Dead: Overkill has won itself the prestigious honour of being officially crowned the most swear word filled game ever released, according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The game contains the word ‘f*ck’ a total of 189 times – in fact, the F word accounts for …

Famed designer talks to Develop about the lessons learnt in running Lionhead