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Read More »Slightly Mad Studios on Project Cars 2: ‘Realistic-feeling cars isn’t enough. Players demand more.’
Project Cars 2 launches next month on PS4, Xbox One and PC, and Slightly Mad Studios CCO Rod Chong has told MCV how it’s going the extra mile to ensure maximum authenticity for its eager player base. "Accuracy and authenticity is key for the Project Cars franchise. For us, our …
Read More »Devolver Digital Films to release COD documentary in September
Devolver Digital Films has announced its feature-length documentary film around the rise of Call of Duty will release worldwide on major video-on-demand platforms and Steam on September 19th 2017. The 93-minute film, dubbed CODumentary,was written, directed and produced in the UK by Jonathan Beales, and is set to explore how …
Read More »PlayStation sales rose 5.4% in Q1, but operating income dropped by 59.7%
Sony released its Q1 fiscal year 2017 results this morning and sales from its game and network services division rose 5.4 per cent year-on-year to 348.1bn. This was due to an increase in PS4 software sales and PS VR sales, but its growth was offset by the impact of the …
Read More »Dragon Quest XI set for western release in 2018
Square Enix has announced that Dragon Quest XI will finally be making its way westwards next year. The news came a day before the release of Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age in Japan, which we suspect will rise straight to the top of the charts when our …
Read More »Nintendo Switch hits 4.7m units worldwide
Nintendo has released its three-months earnings report for the period ending June 30th 2017, and we now know the Switch has sold 4.7m units worldwide to date. Between April and June, the Switch sold another 1.97m pieces of hardware, while total software sales topped 8.14m units. Of that figure, a …
Read More »Team17: Overcooked is a ‘great fit’ for Switch
Team17 has announced that Ghost Town Games’ award-winning co-op cook-off title Overcooked: Special Edition is finally coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop on July 27th. Priced at 15.99 in the UK, the special edition of the game includes both the base game and The Lost Morsel and Festive Seasoning content. …
Read More »Child’s Play: what’s next for kids games
Ever since the glorious days of the 8-bit era, console gaming has bloomed into a thriving entertainment industry. However, the players who also did their growing up alongside it have led to a massive change in the gaming demographics. Indeed, most console games these days are created with adult audiences …
Read More »FIFA 17 tops UK June console digital charts, Crash Bandicoot debuts at No.8
The Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy is not only selling well at retail, but also had impressive digital sales in June. Despite launching really late in the month, on June 30th, Activision’s collection of remasters managed to debut at No.8 in the UK console digital charts for June, with revenue …
Read More »DLC and Microtransations to be responsible for over half of digital console revenue in 2017
Data analysts SuperData believe that over 50 per cent of all revenue from the digital storefronts on console this year
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