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Owners of PS4’s BR headset are now able to stream and enjoy the service’s 360 degree videos. YouTube version 1.09, which seems to be slowly rolling out, allows users to select between ‘normal’ or ‘PSVR’ versions of the app at launch. Once updated the peripheral becomes compatible with the range …
Read More »Brianna Wu plans to run for congress
Game developer and pioneering equality campaigner Brianna Wu has said she is assembling a team in preparation for running for congress in 2018. Wu confirmed to VentureBeat that while no campaign has officially been launched, she has every intention of running for the US House of Representatives. While an image …
Read More »Nintendo Switch GPU specs will run faster when docked to TV, says new report
The Nintendo Switch’s Tegra GPU will run at a higher clock speed when docked to a TV, potentially offering improved gameplay performance compared to using the console on the go, Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry has today revealed. According to its latest report on the Switch’s internal specifications, which it says has …
Read More »YouTube dismisses subscriber count concerns
Video host YouTube has basically said that the growing number of reports of malfunctions with its subscriber systems are, basically, wrong. For several weeks now both users and some of the biggest name content creators have complained about both unrequested subscription cancellations and random drops in subscriber counts. A new …
Read More »UKIE’s Jo Twist talks 2016 for UK games, Brexit and London Games Festival
2016 has been an eventful year for both the games industry and the UK as a whole thanks to the EU Referendum vote that took place this June. We speak to UKIE boss Dr Jo Twist OBE to take the pulse of the UK games market. How would you assess …
Read More »Capcom on Resident Evil’s return to its horror roots
It all started in VR, in a dirty kitchen. At E3 2015, Capcom started showing off a PlayStation VR demo called Kitchen, a virtual reality horror experience that was – if nothing else – incredibly unsettling. At the time I speculated with my colleagues that this was Capcom teasing a …
Read More »Xbox, The Last Guardian, Resident Evil 7 and MCV’s annual retail survey headline this week’s issue
For the last issue of 2016, MCV delivers its annual retail survey. We talked to over 170 indie and big-chain games retailers about the year’s ups and downs. From the most anticipated game of 2017 to the launch of VR, all the results and analysis are in this week’s issue. …
Read More »MCV Insider’s Guide: Bespoke Arcades
Co-founder and managing director Ben Georget talks about Bespoke Arcades’ recent launches and the impact of the retro gaming trend on the firm’s business. Tell us about your company for those who are unfamiliar with your work. Bespoke Arcades has proudly been making hand-crafted, fully-custom arcade machines for the last …
Read More »Natural Motion’s Reil talks Dawn of Titans, the mid-core sector and the state of the mobile market
Ahead of the launch of its new action strategy title, Dawn of Titans, we spoke to Natural Motion boss Torsten Reil to take the pulse of the mobile market You’ve billed Dawn of Titans as a Natural Motion’s first mid-core title. Why was this a sector you were interested in …
Read More »Legendary confirms eSports film starring Will Ferrell
The worlds of Hollywood and eSports are to collide in a new comedy starring Will Ferrell. Legendary has confirmed an untiled movie based around the joke that Ferrell, who is 49, feels like an old man in a sector that is dominated by youngsters. The studio describes his character as …
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