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Cathy Campos is one of the games industry’s most experienced PR professionals and has worked in the games industry for over 20 years. Fifteen years ago, Campos founded Panache PR and has since worked with many of the industry’s top developers and publishers, including Lionhead Studios, Media Molecule, Microsoft and …

Jonathan Blow is ploughing all the money he made from time-bending platformer Braid into upcoming puzzler The Witness. Speaking toEngadget, Blow said though Braid still sells well on certain platforms, the income was not nearly enough” to continue funding his current project. As a result of the lack of his …

EA Montreal has been hit by a round of layoffs, the publisher has confirmed. In a statement toGamasutra, a spokesperson said a small number” of staff had been let go at the mobile developer. It added these would not impact our current development plans”. "We made a staffing change in …

Like many of those who grew up during the 1980s and went onto begin a life working in games, Krzywinska’s interest in games was catalysed by playing text-based games. When she started to realise the potential of the medium, she became an advocate for the academic study of video games, …

Hurley joined the games industry in November of 1986 as the telesales manager for distributor Centresoft. She worked within the Centregold group – including ISM and USGold – for several years before moving north to join Ocean Software as sales director. Having worked in distribution, publishing (at Gremlin and Infogrammes) …

MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, we investigate the latest PS4 accessory from Nyko and sing the praises of Razer’s Seiren microphone Nyko Data Bank for PlayStation 4 While the PlayStation 4 has a larger hard drive than its predecessor, the PS3, …

Mexico now boasts the second-biggest games sector in the Latin American region, behind Brazil. According to a report from Newzoo and GlobalCollect, the country’s games market generated an estimated $1.01 billion in revenue during 2014. This total comes despite Newzoo’s 2013 Global Games Market Report estimation that just four per …

My 15 year career has been driven by my passion for both video games and digital entertainment – which began at the age of 10, when I was given a NES,” says Warner’s Vronique Lallier when asked about her journey in the games industry. I started my career at Ubisoft …

The first three winners of our Women of the Year Awards are today revealed. Margaret Pearson, Julie Man and Gabrielle Kent will be honoured with key accolades at our February 19th afternoon event in Central London. They were selected by the MCV team after persuasive lobbying from the trade – …

From Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to Skylanders and the LEGO series of video games, Reena Sood has worked with some of gaming’s most iconic and successful franchises. She tells MCV about her career Tell us about your career in games. I started in the industry in November 2007 …