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Following on from Part 1 yesterday, MCV continues its discussion with Sony Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida. Are you happy with the Vita’s first showing at E3? Well, actually, I got lots of tweets to my account complaining that there weren’t many PS Vita games being talked about. In retrospect, …
Read More »Download the MCV 104-page E3 special right now
The latest issue of MCV – our 104-page E3 extravaganza – is available to download right now. You can view it online or download it to your iPad. This edition also features trailers, which you won’t get in your print copy. What’s in this week’s issue? Well we have an …
Read More »GamesAid opens Euro 2012 tipping contest
Think you know your football? Prove it and help raise money for charity in the process. GamesAid has teamed up with Sega and Football Manager developer Sports Interactive or a champion tipster competition for Euro 2012. All participants have to do is answer a series of questions on what they …
Read More »Dota 2 is now free to play; Valve adds in-game store, mod support
Valve today announced that Dota 2 has gone the Team Fortress 2 route and is now free to play. Like Team Fortress 2, the game will now also feature an in-game store, where players can buy items and gear to customise their heroes. However, these customisations will be cosmetic only. …
Read More »Mortal Kombat dev reveals superhero brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us
NetherRealm Studios, creator of Mortal Kombat, has announced Injustice: Gods Among Us, a new fighting game in collaboration with DC Comics. The game’s roster will include popular characters from the DC universe, including Batman, Harley Quinn, Solomon Grundy, Superman, The Flash and Wonder Woman. Billed by Warner Bros as a …
Read More »CD Projekt RED announces "triple-A" RPG Cyberpunk
Polish developer CD Projekt RED, best known for The Witcher series, today announced Cyberpunk, a futuristic triple A” sci-fi RPG based on Mike Pondsmith’s Cyberpunk pen-and-paper system. Cyberpunk is being worked on by a second team at CD Projekt RED, headed by veterans of the two The Witcher games. Like …
Read More »PlayStation Pub Fund title Guacamelee headed to PS3 and Vita
The latest game to benefit from the PlayStation Pub Fund is Guacamelee, a side-scrolling puzzle platformer from DrinkBox Studios. Described by studio COO Graham Smith as a Mexican-themed co-op-multiplayer dimension-swapping Metroid-vania beat-em-up platformer”, Guacamelee is headed to both the PS3 and PS Vita. Smith promised that the game will leverage …
Read More »21m UK people play games, says ISFE
37 per cent of the UK population has played a game in the last 12 months. That’s according to Ian Bramley, senior director of Ipsos Media, who today shared some key insights into the reports his firm is now compiling for the Interactive Software Federation of Europe. This morning, the …
Read More »WWE 13 takes fans back to the Attitude era
THQ today announced the latest installment in its WWE franchise – WWE ’13, with CM Punk revealed as the game’s cover star. The single-player campaign will be based on the WWE’s popular ‘Attitude’ era. The campaign will focus on eight WWE stars from the ‘Monday Night Wars’ era, including Stone …
Read More »Ambitious TheSixthAxis attending E3
Independent UK website TheSixthAxis is attending E3 for the second year running, serving its hungry audience’s demands for the latest games news. TheSixthAxis started as a passion project for two friends but has attracted a steadily growing audience and consistently adds new writing talent to a team of dedicated volunteers. …
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