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Last week’s MCV Awards 2014 kicked off with some of the industry’s greatest squaring off against the apocalypse – and you can see it all here on video. The short was filmed at Oriental City in Colindale, which has been derelict since 1998. Some – particularly Alex Verrey who used …
Read More »Titanfall reclaims No.1 thanks to Xbox 360 release
Sales of EA’s shooter Titanfall climbed 220 per cent thanks to the Xbox 360 release, returning to the shooter to the top of UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. That means Warner Bros’ LEGO: The Hobbit has to settle for No.2 in its debut week, while last week’s chart-topper …
Read More »Indian indies at Casual Connect Asia
Indie developers from India will make up a sizeable contingent at next month’s Casual Connect Asia in Singapore. Award-winning games like Save The Dummy, Meanwhile In A Parallel Universe, and Project Heera will be showcased at the three-day event, with several developers also scheduled to speak. Here’s a list of …
Read More »Dark Souls II and 3DS win March chart battles in Japan
From Software’s Dark Souls II was the best selling game in Japan throughout March, the latest Famitsu data reveals. It sold over 309k units, which was 100k more than its closest rival Mario Party Island Tour. The 3DS was the month’s best-selling console with unit sales of over 188k units …
Read More »E3 2014 countdown begins: 10 weeks to go
The biggest event in the global video games business is just 10 weeks away – are you registered yet? The Electronic Entertainment Expo is the three-day, must-attend event at which the global video game industry unites to reveal the future of games. It runs from June 10thto June 12that the …
Read More »Mobile now account for half of Japanese games market as sector nearly doubles
A new report claims that smartphone gaming now account for around 50 per cent of Japan’s total video games market. Serkantoto says that data from CyberZ says that of the total $10.8bn annual Japanese games spend in 2013, around $5.4bn of this was spent on mobile games. Furthermore, that’s up …
Read More »Digital Wars Online Season 2 Dota 2 tournament announced
eSports Interactive Entertainment’s Digital Wars Online Season 2 will take place over two weeks in April. Season 2 will once again focus on Dota 2, with the tournament kicking off on 5th April and concluding on 20th April. Registration is free and currently underway at the eSports Interactive Entertainment community …
Read More »UPDATED: Call of Duty: Ghosts online tournaments for PS3, Xbox 360 announced
UPDATE: We’ve been informed by ILG that the prizes will not be cash, but in the form of merchandise and other goodies. Original story: Indian Leage Gaming is set to conduct online tournaments for Call of Duty: Ghosts across Xbox 360 and PS3. The Xbox 360 tournament will take place …
Read More »GDC 2014 sees record attendance, 2015 dates set
Last week’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco saw more than 24,000 attendees, conference organizer UBM Tech Game Network has announced. GDC 2013 brought in more than 23,000 individuals last year, so the figure is a new record. The origins of the event date back over 25 years to the …
Read More »Essential guide to UK video games creatives returns in July
MCV’s bumper-sized directory of key UK games agencies and services returns in July. Now called Game Source, it will be published as a book with a print-run of 25,000 and available as a free digital book on iPad and in-browser, it will also be distributed at key events around the …
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