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Earlier this week, Zynga announced it was teaming up with MGM Television to create a new TV show based on the popular mobile hit Words with Friends. That might sound like a slightly strange concept for a TV show, but MIDiA Research’s Karol Severin has told MCV this is the …

In just a few weeks time, hundreds of exhibitors will be arriving at Cologne’s Koelnmesse for this year’s Gamescom, making the world’s largest gaming event the biggest and best yet. With over 900 expected exhibitors, Gamescom 2017 is estimated to grow by approximately 20 per cent year-on-year, making it another …

Total video game spending in the US in June 2017 rose seven per cent year-on-year to $765m, according to the latest data from NPD, with accessories being the only category to show a decline. Hardware spending showed the highest amount of growth, rising 27 per cent compared to June 2016 …

The concert showcasing the game from The Chinese Room and the live score from Jessica Curry will go around the country over 2017/18

As game technology advances we are experiencing a merging of the senses. Jem Alexander talks to legendary developer Tetsuya Mizuguchi about the integration of music in games and how that will evolve with VR

Daybreak Games’ H1Z1 Elite Series is kicking off this weekend, with Dreamhack Atlanta playing host to two H1Z1: King of the Kill tournaments, with a collective prize pool of $250,000. There are two tournaments, one for five person groups and one for solo players. It’s planned as the first stop …

Chinese ecommerce outfit Alibaba have revealed that they lost "60 to 70 per cent" of their $20m investment in the World Electronic Sports Games (WESG). This comes via an interview with the South China Morning Post, a newspaper that Ali Baba owns, and was picked up by the smart crowd …

Michele Attisani co-founded competitive games outfit Faceit in 2012, but before that he’d been gaming competitively for 15 years, supporting the habit with a career working with various Fortune 500 companies and several tech start-ups. Attisani is, as a result, ideally positioned to talk about the state of the UK …

Latest figures from HMRC claim £119m has been paid since 2014

73m in video games tax relief (VGTR) was paid out in the 2016-17 financial year, representing an increase of 60 per cent year-on-year, according to the latest figures from HMRC. VGTR was paid out relating to 280 claims in 2016-17, which shows a growth of 115 per cent compared to …