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A host of former LucasArts game projects have been named in a book chronicling the history of LucasArts. Although published in 2008, a list of 20 potential game logos available in Chronicle Books’ Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts was thrust online recently by AllGamesBeta. You can see all the …

Members of the UK games industry trying their hand at a choir. That’s got to be worth 20 of your money, right? The Games on Song Choir will be holding its first performance at the GamesAid Christmas Concert on Wednesday 19th December at St. Stephen’s, Rosslyn Hill. The fun begins …

Indie PC hit Minecraft is hitting the High Street – but you’ll have to head to the book aisle to find it. UK outfit Egmont Publishing has acquired the book and magazine publishing rights from Mojang, TechCrunch reports. The deal covers all territories except the US. It has not yet …

More than 60 games industry firms have already signed up to attend this year’s MCV Awards on Thursday, April 19th. These range from publishers such as Activision Blizzard to distributors such as Gem, retailers like GAME and many more listed below. Here’s a selection of companies who have signed up …

A new unauthorised book on the development of Rockstar’s blockbuster Grand Theft Auto series is to be released next month. Written by journalist David Kushner, ‘Jacked’ uncovers what took place during the creation of one of the biggest franchises in gaming and those responsible for making it happen. At 300 …

It was Fathers’ Day yesterday. It’s the one day of the year when dads across the world are in theory given licence to ignore their endless list of chores for 24 hours and put their feet up. Unless you’re an American. If you’re from the good ol’ US of A …

The organisers of leading European video games trade event Gamescom 2011 have announced that tickets for the gathering can now be booked via its website. Both trade and the public are currently able to secure their places at special discounted advanced rates. Prices begin at only €6 for public tickets …

This year’s ME Awards, the mobile industry’s premier awards event hosted by MCV’s sister website ME, takes place at the Royal Garden Hotel in London on November 18th. The event gathers together over 350 execs to celebrate the best of the mobile content industry. This year, the big names in …

A three-volume hardback pictorial history of Rockstar Games’ output has been cancelled, the book’s prospective publisher has confirmed. German publisher Steidl had put an 310 RRP on the collection, though last week the group told Develop that a release date had not yet been confirmed. Yet the publisher has since …

German art books publisher Steidl will publish a three-volume hardback pictorial history of Rockstar Games next month – but it won’t come cheap. A 310 pack, the set includes three books in a slipcase that celebrate the "unprecedented production values, style and depth with a dizzying range of techniques and …