Consoles

William Hill makes Call of Duty: Ghosts Xmas No.1 favourite

Call of Duty: Ghosts has been installed as the favourite to claim the UK Christmas No.1 title by William Hill. It’s currently offering 6/4 on the game with FIFA 14 second at 2/1 and next week’s release Grand Theft Auto V in third at 4/1. There is no doubting that …

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Nintendo has received Wii U interest "from over 1,000 indie devs"

If the numbers coming from Nintendo are to be believed, indie development interest in Wii U is at astronomic levels. Nintendo’s manager of business development Dan Adelman reckons that the platform holder’s recently launched Wii U development website is attracting some serious interest. It’s been overwhelming. We’ve gotten probably over …

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Call of Duty: Strike Team tops iPad chart

Activision has topped the iPad chart with mobile Call of Duty entry, Strike Team. The publisher made no mention of the British-developed Strike Force following its arrival on the iOS app store last week. But the game has certainly made a splash amongst mobile gamers during its first week on …

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VIDEO: See the Call of Duty Ghosts campaign in action

Activision has released a video offering decent look at the campaign mode in Call of Duty: Ghosts. Gun battles in space, anyone? Everything is suitably dramatic with lots of explosions… and plenty of appearances from the new Call of Duty dog. Call of Duty: Ghosts is released worldwide on November …

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Indie title Pavilion pledges loyalty to PlayStation

PlayStation has landed itself another tasty-looking indie exclusive in the form of Visiontrick media’s Pavilion. The studio has confirmed a PS4 and Vita release for the game in spring 2014. Pavilion is a fourth person exploratory experience about guidance, influence and subliminal control,” according to the official blurb. Manipulate the …

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Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD headed to PC, PS3, Xbox 360

PS Vita title Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation is making its way to bigger screens in 2014. Developed by Ubisoft’s Romanian studio, Liberation released alongside Assassin’s Creed 3 last year, and features the series’ first female protagonist Aveline de Grandpr. Aveline will also be making her way into Assassin’s Creed IV: …

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Eminem tie-up sees cut-price album for Call of Duty: Ghosts buyers in US

In case you hadn’t noticed, Eminem’s most recent track Survival was used on an ad for Call of Duty: Ghosts. But that was just the beginning of the marketing tie-up. A deal has been revealed in close collaboration with GameStop” in the US that means those who pre-order the shooter …

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Nintendo: DS/2DS/3DS is "quite a simple proposition"

When 3DS launched, MCV visited High Street stores to talk 3DS with store staff, and we were disappointed by the results. Several of the men and women whose job it was to sell Nintendo’s new portable told us that the 3DS was just a DS with a 3D screen. Not …

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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn offers free PS3-PS4 switch

Square Enix has offered a generous freebie to console Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn players. The publisher says that it will allow those who buy the game on PS3 to switch to the PS4 version for free. Note that the beta for the PS4 version won’t go live until …

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