MCV and its sister publication Develop are once again teaming up for our annual salary survey, forming a detailed look at the games industry jobs market in 2015. The survey is open to anyone in the games market, including developers, publishers, retailers, services companies and more – no matter where …

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November’s barnstorming Black Friday week was one of the busiest seven days of sales in UK games industry history. Almost 2m games were sold that generated around 62m in revenue. It was a huge week, with 240,000 Xbox Ones and PS4s shifted through stores. Yet amongst the commercial success, there …

November digital games sales surpassed $1bn in November, according to new research from Superdata. Games Industry reports the total for the period is a year-on-year increase of 23 per cent, and Superdata points to a spike in digital deals during Black Monday and Cyber Monday as a major driving force. …

Xbox One has outsold PlayStation 4 for the first time in the US, according to NPD’s latest monthly report. Microsoft’s console navigated took the top spot in November’s hardware category, thanks in no small part to strong Black Friday sales. "November set a new record for sales of Xbox One, …

Have they? Haven’t they? The mystery continues regarding Nintendo’s plans for the long-term future of some Amiibo figures. One retailer last week tweeted that the Marth, Wii Fit Trainer and Villager Amiibos had been discontinued, with the platform holder later confirming that other figures likely will not return to the …

Microsoft has become the latest company to start accepting payments in Bitcoin. The Verge reports that Bitcoin has quietly been implemented as an option when adding funds to a Microsoft account, meaning it can be used for Xbox and Windows games, music and video purchases. There are some caveats, however. …

You have until Tuesday, December 16th to submit suggestions for MCV's Women in Games list

Many people from the UK games business around the world have put forward their suggestions for our Top 100 Women in Games list, set to be published in January. If you haven’t put forward a suggestion or two, don’t delay; the deadline is early next week, on Tuesday, December 16th. …

Nintendo has told GameSpot that it will continue to supply Amiibo toys to retailers, following confusion that some figures had been discontinued already. US retailer Video Game Plus stated that some Amiibo toys – including Fire Emblem star Marth, Villager from Animal Crossing and the Wii Fit Trainer would be …