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MCV’s 30 Under 30 2019
MCV’s ultimate list of the UK games industry's brightest young minds - congratulations to you all!
Read More »UK Xbox Gold Live subscriptions to increase by 25% due to ‘changing market conditions’
The change is "to ensure gamers have consistent pricing across Europe"
Read More »Breach developer, QC Games, shuts down
"Thank you for believing in QC Games and Breach"
Read More »PlayGiga: Why 5G plus cloud gaming is the next big opportunity
"According to Steam, 53 per cent of users don’t have PCs with the local processing power to run many of the latest games.”
Read More »Sony amends policy to permit refunds on digital pre-orders right up until release day
Refunds are also permitted up to 14-days post-release provided the game hasn't been downloaded
Read More »UK games market up 10% year-on-year to hit a record-breaking £5.7bn – but not everyone will be celebrating
Pre-owned sales slump by a massive 30.8 per cent
Read More »Sega reveals mini retro console Sega Mega Drive Mini
Out September 2019
Read More »Driveclub servers will shut down in March 2020
The games will continue to retail until August 2019
Read More »CD Projekt outlines plans for 250 new jobs despite a drop in profit
"Over the past year we greatly expanded our creative potential"
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