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Last tables filling up fast for the MCV Awards 2017

There are only a few weeks to go if you’d like to secure a seat at the games industry’s most prestigious awards show. With March almost upon us, you’re running out of time to book a spot at this year’s MCV Awards. This year, the MCV Awards will be held …

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Leaked Switch console was stolen, Nintendo reveals

A Switch console that made it out into the wild far ahead of the machine’s official launch on March 3rd was stolen from a retailer. A NeoGaf user last week claimed to have received his Switch pre-order early from an unspecified stockist. These claims were backed up by a video …

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UPDATE: NES Classic Mini ‘production continues’, says Nintendo UK

Nintendo UK has responded to our query about production concerns surrounding the NES Classic Mini, stating that the highly-sought after retro console is still in production and that it will continue to be stocked at retail. "Regarding NES Classic Mini, production continues, and Nintendo of Europe will continue to ship …

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Bits and Pixels wants Overwatch merch in supermarkets

New video games-focused licensing agency Bits and Pixels says it is aiming to get Overwatch-licensed goods into supermarkets as well as specialist retail. The new agency, set up by Konami veterans Sandra Arcan and Su-Yina Farmer, says this is possible due to the PEGI 12 age rating of Blizzard’s team …

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Mapping the future

Increasingly, developers can import a model of a real-world city into their games, rather than designing it themselves. But what does that option really bring to the table, and isn't it a little creatively stifling?

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Starbreeze net revenue up 58%, ‘over the moon’ with Dead by Daylight

Starbreeze has released it full year-end report for 2016 and its net revenue for the year was up 58 per cent year-on-year, reaching 345.5m Swedish Krona (SEK) (or 31m). The publisher had a particularly healthy Q4 as well, with net revenue totalling 99.4m SEK (8.9m), showing a growth of 103 …

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Amazon Games appoints John Smedley to run new third studio

Industry veteran John Smedley has been appointed to run Amazon Games’ brand new studio in San Diego – the third one in the US for the retail giant. The EverQuest creator has run Sony Online Entertainment (then renamed Daybreak Game Company when Sony sold the company to Columbus Nova) for …

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Merchandise sector still ‘finding its feet’, says GM UK

We already know that 2016 was not the best year ever for the UK games market. But there’s one category within gaming that still provides growth: merchandise.  GAME said in its 2016 financial report that although sales declined in the year, licensed merchandise was up 70 per cent year-on-year.  But …

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Costume Quest animated series coming to Amazon in 2018

Just last week, we learned that Adventure Time’s Frederator Studios will be bringing Castlevania to Netflix later this year as an animated series. However, it now seems that won’t be the only video game animation adaptation the studio’s got up its sleeve. Announced on Frederator’s websiteyesterday, the studio will also …

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