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While games consoles have always had a broad appeal, the increasingly complex controllers required for modern 3D games are not for everyone. Because of that PlayStation has long explored numerous other control methods for its consoles – such as EyeToy, Singstar, Buzz!, Wonderbook and Move.  PlayLink is the latest step …

A new working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research has posited that the popularity of video games is playing a part in reducing the overall contribution of young men in the American workforce. The New York Times reports that in 2015 American men aged between 31-55 worked around …

Indigo Pearl, the games industry’s multi award-winning PR agency, has been running as an independent since 1999. Here, Caroline Miller, Founder & Director, gives us an insight into how indies can do their own PR without hiring an agency, and introduces DXN, the game key distribution service it’s developed to help developers get that all-important discoverability.

It looks as if AMD’s new Ryzen PC processors are having the desired effect. While the Ryzen launch was a little fudged thanks to real-world performance that fell short of official benchmarks and a handful of compatibility issues, the new chips have at the very least at last offered a …

The digital art and design studio will open a second studio in US

Star Trek’s George Takei has, at the age of 80, entered the world of games development. Takai has been named as creative director at Hong Kong mobile games studio Fifth Journey, the South China Morning Post reports. Fifth Journey already works with partners such as Universal, MGM and Lionsgate. Its …

Russian Football Premier League team FC Anzhi Makhachkala has closed down its esports division — Cyber Anji — after just four months, amidst allegations that they haven’t paid their their athletes.  At the start of March, FC Anzhi Makhachkala announced it would be opening an esports division and formed a …

Next year’s competitive Dota 2 scene will bring with it an overhaul to the game’s entire esports structure. Currently the game revolves around a limited number of Major tournaments backed by Valve. This is changing, however, with Valve now choosing to back a growing number of smaller third party tournaments. …

Publisher PlayStack has announced that Rob Crossley has joined the company in the new role of head of developer partnerships. Crossley’s CV includes stints not only at MCV’s sister magazine Develop, but also GameSpot and the BBC. His most recent role was as head of games at Creative England where, …

Publisher's hunt for the "best and brightest developers" continues in earnest