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The Office of Fair Trading has published its principles for online and app games. These principles state that consumers should be informed about costs associated with the game and in-game advertising – as well as whether their personal data will be shared with third parties for advertising purposes. In-app purchases …

UK game stores have played down concerns over a quiet start to 2014. The first six weeks of 2014 is notable for a significant lack of titles, prompting worries that the good momentum from the end of last year could slow. However, buyers at top UK stores have told MCV …

Square Enix has announced that an Android version of last year’s Deus Ex: The Fall is now available to buy on Google Play. The iOS edition of the game hit the App Store last year and now Android fans can get their hands on. The Fall was developed by Eidos …

MCV takes a look at the biggest releases and events that will affect the games industry in the next year. 1. Dark Souls II For the masochistic gamers out there a sequel to the insanely difficult Dark Souls will be coming to stores in March. The series has a relentless …

In 2008, Nintendo released the highly successful Wii Fit – a fitness title that went on to sell 23m units and started a series that has sold over 44m copies to date. Suddenly an influx of competitive products emerged from the biggest names in gaming such as EA and Ubisoft. …

The latest entry in Rockstar’s crime simulator was always going to be a big release but no one could have predicted just how much of a success Grand Theft Auto V would prove to be. The anticipation behind GTA V was such that major games media websites produced special weekly …

This year saw LucasArts, one of the industry’s best loved games studios, close its doors. The firm still exists, but rather than developing its own titles, it now works as a licensing business. The studio being disbanded was the result of Walt Disney’s $4bn purchase of LucasFilm at the end …

The film studio has decided to take down all of its Christmas videos from Amazon for the festive season. This not only affects those wanting to buy or rent films such as The Muppet Christmas Carol, but those who have already bought such content, too, who have seen it disappearing …

Rovio’s enraged avians are getting a Rio makeover to mark the launch of Rio 2. This is the second time that the Angry Birds series has partnered up with that of Rio, Angry Bird Rio came out to mark the release of the first film in 2011 and saw players …

Xbox Entertainment Studios has announced it will be debuting a documentary series about Atari on Microsoft’s consles next year. The series will tell the story of Atari’s reaction to the poor reception of ET The Video Game in 1983, which saw the company bury piles of the game in the …