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Banner Saga is back on Kickstarter for the third and final entry in Stoic’s epic turn-based strategy series. MCV catches up with technical director John Watson (pictured) to find out why the studio’s returned to crowdfunding and what lessons it’s learned over the last five years. Stoic’s Banner Saga was …

Smedley working on new title to take advantage of AWS Cloud and Twitch

UPDATED: Sumo Digital has confirmed that Snake Pass will be launching on the Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC on March 29th in the UK, a day later than in the US. The game will also support Sony’s PS4 Pro at launch with enhanced, HDR visuals, a higher resolution …

By the very employee it hired to highlight the gender inequality in the workplace

The fight against cheaters continues

Benzies leads round of angel investment

After 15 years of publishing games on the web and mobile, Miniclip is now entering the console market. MCV speaks to CEO Rob Small (pictured) to find out more: The games industry has changed a lot since 2001. PlayStation 2 was little more than a year old; the first Xbox was …

With the Nintendo Switch capable of producing huge 3D worlds, it looked like the days of the publisher’s 2D Zelda titles might be numbered. However, in a new interview with Game Informer, series producer Eiji Aonuma has said that a 2D Zelda for Switch is "definitely a possibility." The handheld …

We ask Amiqus's Stig Strand how students identify where they need to hire for their new projects

Fnatic will start up a new gaming house in Los Angeles for its Overwatch team when they return from Korea.  In an interview with Yahoo eSports Fnatic founder Sam Mathews revealed the news.  “It’s unannounced, but our Overwatch team is American and currently they’re in Korea,” said Mathews. “Esports is …