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Microsoft’s Games with Gold program has kicked off with the first free title being offered to Xbox Gold Live members. The game in question is Defense Grid: The Awakening – a 2009 Xbox Live title that normally retails for 800 Microsoft Points. Two free games will be offered each month, …
Read More »EA’s online-only Darkspore could be broken for good
A problem with EA and Maxis title Darkspore has this weekend served a perfect illustrations of the perils faced by consumers with online-only titles. Polygon reports that the game has been pulled from Steam following persistent and unresolved server problems that are preventing many players from accessing the game or …
Read More »Microsoft drops developer update fees for Xbox 360
Creators will no longer be charged in excess of $10,000 to patch their games
Read More »BAFTA extends video games 2014 entry period
The entry period for the British Academy Games Awards in 2014 is now open. Furthermore, BAFTA has extended the entry period by three months to November 11th 2013. The ceremony will present 16 awards. One again those entering a game for the first time will be able to do so …
Read More »Bethesda has no interest in smartphones, Facebook or Nintendo
There is an assortment of emerging markets out there – and Bethesda is interested in hardly any of them. We don’t have Facebook stuff. We don’t have mobile stuff. We feel like we really know who we are and we know what we’re good at,” Bethesda VP of PR and …
Read More »MCV India calls for dedicated regional video games trade body
The Indian games industry is one of the world’s future powerhouses – and now is the time to form a trade body to support it. That’s the call to action from MCVuk.com’s sister site MCV India. That is pretty much what any international game company looking to enter India has …
Read More »Graphics should not be focus of next-gen, says Inafune
Game creators should look to create different game experiences using new hardware features
Read More »Iwata: Wii U price cut is not an easy option to take
Hopes that Wii U might increase its competitive position via a price cut in the run-up to Christmas have seemingly been dashed. That’s because Nintendo has already priced the Wii U as competitively as is financially possible, CEO Satoru Iwata told CNBC, as spotted by GamesRadar. From the very beginning …
Read More »UPDATED: Anti-slavery campaign targets Nintendo
Human rights organisation Walk Free has launched a campaign targeting Nintendo. The body seeks assurances that Nintendo hardware doesn’t use slave-mined minerals, which can arrive on the global market from troubled regions such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, in any of its hardware. A petition demanding confirmation on the …
Read More »GameStop applauds Xbox One for strategy re-think
The world’s biggest games retailer has told MCV it is happy about the latest Xbox strategy rethink. In a statement sent to us this evening GameStop said it welcomes Microsoft’s new plan for Xbox One. Earlier today platform boss Don Mattrick confirmed in a letter published on Xbox.com that he …
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