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Nintendo will shun a global rollout in favour of releasing the NX in its home country of Japan first, DFC Intelligence expects. The platform holder yesterday announced that it will not be releasing the NX until March 2017, and will not be revealing any details about the machine at E3. …
Read More »Huge Crate teams with GAME, announces Dirt Rally debut
Loot boxes seem to be very much the thing right now, so it isn’t the biggest shock in the world to hear that another company is trying to muscle its way into the sector. Hot on the heels of the likes of Loot Crate, The Hut’s Zbox and My Retro …
Read More »UK gaming headset sales up 12%
The likes of Turtle Beach will be toasting another successful year, if the latest data from GfK is anything to go by. Headset sales are up by almost 12 per cent so far this year, the stat tracker says. It comes in contrast to the wider accessories business, which is …
Read More »Psyonix: Cross-platform play is good for eSports
Rocket League studio Psyonix says that PS4 and Xbox One players being able to compete with each other will be a big boost to the eSports industry. The firm’s VP of marketing and communications Jeremy Dunham has told MCV that the No.1 reason the studio is urging Sony and Microsoft …
Read More »How Xbox 360 changed everything
Back in 2004, Xbox VP Peter Moore spent two days pretending to be PlayStation CEO Ken Kutaragi. During the planning stages of Xbox 360, Moore (who now works at EA) and his fellow Microsoft employees – including former Xbox president Robbie Bach and chief technology officer J Allard – had …
Read More »More claims that Microsoft will announce a new Xbox at E3
It’s looking more certain than ever that a new Xbox will be revealed at E3 in June. Established Microsoft source Paul Thurrot has now thrown his hat into the ring by stating that Microsoft will reveal some sort of new hardware at the show. The question, however, is whether the …
Read More »One Piece: Burning Blood deposes Yo-Kai Watch from No.1 spot in Japan
Bandai Namco’s latest release based on the popular One Piece manga has taken both first and second place in Japan, according to data from Famitsu. The new release claimed the top spot with its PS4 SKU, which shifted 31,162 units. The Vita edition charted in second place with 28,831 copies …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: New marketing exec for Koei Tecmo
Nathan Mills joins from Stature PR, IGN’s Daniel Krupa is promoted to UK managing editor and GameSpot appoints a new video producer. Koei Tecmo hires new marketing exec The Dead or Alive publisher has hired Nathan Millsas its new PR and marketing executive for the UK. Mills stated: After obtaining …
Read More »PS4 hits 40m; PSN made more money than Nintendo last year
Sony has revealed that it sold 17.7m PS4 consoles in its last financial year. That number was better than forecast and represents PS4’s best year yet. That brings total sell in for the machine to 40m units, Twitter’s ZhugeEX calculates. At the same stage in its lifecycle, the PS2 had …
Read More »Peter Moore, Robbie Bach and Chris Lewis discuss the birth of Xbox 360 in this week’s free MCV
In today’s free MCV, we speak to the creators of Xbox 360 as Microsoft ceases production on the iconic console. In the meantime, we speak to Rovio’s CCO Alex Lambeek about the return of Angry Birds: with a new game, an animated movie and deals with brands such as LEGO …
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