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The latest in Nippon Ichi’s Disgaea franchise will arrive this October in North America and Europe, publisher NIS America has announced. Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance will release on October 6thin North America and October 9thin Europe for PlayStation 4 consoles. Additionally, the North American release offers a special "launch …
Read More »Here are our plans for the MCV Gamescom daily magazine
MCV is going to Gamescom in a big way this year, headlined by our daily magazine. The MCV @ Gamescom magazine will be published every day of the show and will once again feature breaking news from the event, interviews with the most senior games industry executives, plus previews of …
Read More »Media Create pegs weekly Japanese Xbox One sales at 100 units
Numbers from sales monitor Media Create suggest that Xbox One slipped to a saddening new low in Japan earlier this month. Kotaku reports that the numbers suggest that for the week ending June 14th Xbox One sold just 100 units across the whole of Japan. That’s less than PS3 (2,633) …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: Luxembourg
Despite being one of the smallest countries in Europe, Luxembourg plays a big part in the global games industry. The tiny nation has long been regarded as a flagbearer for online gaming, thanks to dedicated investment in the sector by the local government. Game streaming service OnLive set up its …
Read More »SONY: Activision partners with PlayStation for Call of Duty: Black Ops III
After years of being partnered with Xbox, and being shown off on-stage at its E3 conference, Call of Duty has defected to PlayStation. Mark Lamia from Treyarch showed off the latest entry in the series, Black Ops III, at Sony’s media briefing. Lamia showed footage from the game’s campaign, featuring …
Read More »SONY: Next Destiny DLC is called The Taken King, set for September launch
The next round of Destiny DLC will be coming to digital stores one year after the game launched last September. On September 15th, The Taken King will be released, first on PlayStation 4. PlayStation’s dev relations boss Adam Boyes said that the DLC comes with a slew of new strike, …
Read More »E3 2015: When is the Xbox conference?
Microsoft’s pre-E3 press conference will start at 5:30pm in the UK on Monday, June 15th – 9:30am in Los Angeles. The conference will last 90 minutes and takes place at The Galen Center on 3400 South Figueroa Street, for those attending on the day. If you are planning to attend, …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: New Zealand
The New Zealand games industry is on the rise, growing 18 per cent year-on-year in 2014. According to research commisioned by trade body IGEA, this is largely thanks to a 34 per cent jump in digital sales, which accounted for around 62 per cent of the market. Download sales increased …
Read More »Splatoon mania in Japan pulls Wii U back to top of hardware charts
Nintendo’s inky shooter has topped the software charts in Japan, helping Wii U become the best-selling console in the country. Splatoon sold more than 156,000 units during its debut week, more than quadruple its closest competitor, newcomer Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai Deluxe on 3DS. It helped the Wii U rise …
Read More »Xbox One triumphs over PS4 in April in America
The Xbox One outsold Sony’s PlayStation 4 in the US last month, according to data firm NPD’s monthly games and console report. As reported by Venture Beat, the American games market was up three per cent year-on-year, rising from $595.7m to $579.5m. Revenue from hardware sales was down four per …
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