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Ubisoft has heralded its acquisition of the VFX firm responsible for effect in movies such as Sin City and 300 as "a groundbreaking event for digital entertainment". At a press conference in Montreal today Ubisoft Montreal, the firm’s biggest internal studio, announced the purchase of local VFX outfit Hybride, which …

The UK is to host a new, high-profile event dedicated to the business of casual games in October. The Casual Games Forum will debut during London Games Festival on Thursday, October 30th in the centre of the Capital. The event – organised by Tandem Events – will be a one-day …

Another tools firm steps up to offer colleges and universities cheap access to its tech

UK studio chooses off the shelf tech over in-house tool for future projects

French publisher's global stampede continues with swoop for Montreal VFX team Hybride

Casual Games Forum to debut during London Games Festival in October

The kind folks at Gamespress have supplied journalists travelling to E3 next week with a dedicated assets site at E3press.com Media can register at the site to download press releases, screenshots, videos, trailers and product details on the year’s hottest PC/console titles as soon as the show begins. Video game …

Downloadable games studio will have first game live on App Store soon

PSP has comfortably become the best-selling console in Japan for the first half of the year – shifting just shy of two million units in the region. According to data from MCV’s exclusive media partner Famistu/Enterbrain, Sony’s handheld was lagging behind DS Lite and Wii in January, but overtook both …

Margaret Hodge, the UK minister for culture, creative industries and tourism, has called on the BBFC and the games industry to sensibly address the issue over the future classification of video games in a ‘grown up way’. Senior industry executives and the Government are currently discussing how games should best …