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This year’s London Games Conference on November 19th will have a number of high profile speakers from around the games industry sharing their knowledge. Ahead of the event, Gamer Network boss Rupert Loman tells MCV about the launch and growth of the EGX show and the continuing challenges created by …

The once lucrative casual games market on consoles appears to have died. The glory days of five years ago, when Just Dance, Guitar Hero and Wii dominated the market is over. Those gamers have moved onto PCs and smartphones. But these products still boast huge brand awareness amongst a wide …

Shigeru Miyamoto has outlined plans for future Amiibo products. In an investor briefing for Nintendo’s semi-annual financial results, the development veteran said that the platform is working on cheaper and smaller Amiibo figures, as well as cards that will have the same functionality as the toys-to-life range. The first waves …

This year’s London Games Conference on November 19th will have a number of high profile speakers from around the games industry sharing their knowledge. Ahead of the event, Curse’s vice president of global sales Nathan Lindberg tells MCV about what we can expect from his speech at the event and …

This year’s London Games Conference on November 19th will have a number of high profile speakers from around the games industry sharing their knowledge. Ahead of the event, Ziff Davis boss Geoff Inns tells MCV about what we can expect from his talk and what the current challenges facing those …

The latest iterations of Nintendo’s popular handheld console have been big sellers since they launched in Japan in October, according to data provided by Famitsu. The New 3DS and New 3DS LL shipped 408,719 units since they launched in Japan on October 11th. Of that figure, 299,995 consoles were the …

Take-Two has once again beaten its quarterly predictions, and has revised its estimations for the fiscal year. The publisher’s revenue (GAAP) was $126.3m, a decline of 15 per cent compared to the same period last year. The firm’s net losses narrowed to $41.1m. In terms of non-GAAP, revenue grew to …

There’s a new craze in the games publishing scene. A number of companies, from 505 Games and Mastertronic to Team 17 and Green Man Gaming, have been wooing indie developers with a desire to find the next big independent hit. But Curve Digital, a sister business to developer Curve Studios, …

Founder Alexandre Kikuchi explains why developers may want to head to Brazil

The latest FIFA title is at the head of the UK All Formats Top 40 for the fifth week running, despite a surge from Minecraft: PlayStation Edition. This is the longest that any game has held onto the No.1 spot this year so far. And over the course of 2014, …