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Bungie’s shooter Destiny is to shortly begin offering microtransactions to players. As of Tuesday October 13th NPC vendor Tess Everis will return fronting an organisation known as the Eververse Trading Company. To begin with 18 new emotes will be available for an as of yet unspecified price. Items can be …
Read More »CD Projekt Red: ‘Cyberpunk 2077 is far, far bigger than The Witcher 3’
Cyberpunk 2077, the next game from The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red, is the biggest title the studio has ever made. The sci-fi-flavoured RPGwas originally announced back in 2012, but the Polish outlet has remained quiet on specificities of the project since. Now it has been revealed that the title …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: Malaysia
Although Malaysia boasts one of the healthiest economies in Asia, its games market was initially slow to gain momentum. This was exacerbated by a lack of local studios and publishers, a dearth of skilled labour and the apparent disinterest from Western companies, local blogger Manoj Prasad wrote in 2012. Gaming …
Read More »Far Cry: Primal is taking Ubisoft’s shooter to the Ice Age
A mysterious new Ubisoft game teased slowly via a livestream has been prematurely revealed as a brand new Far Cry. Yesterday, Ubisoft started to stream on YouTube an image of a cave painting (below), with no other details to suggest what the reveal might be. But the slow unveiling was …
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to Uncharted merchandise
Sony’s romping adventure trilogy is clambering its way onto PS4 in the form of the Nathan Drake Collection. MCV charts a course for the finest merchandise on offer Created as an homage to Indiana Jones and Tomb Raider, Uncharted is now as iconic as its adventuring inspirations. Naughty Dog’s PlayStation-exclusive …
Read More »Blizzard partners with Random House for new book deal
Blizzard has signed a partnership with book publisher Random House to produce new novels for its World of Warcraft and Starcraft franchises. The deal is set to kickoff in March with the release of World of Warcraft: Illidan. The book will feature the titular demonic night elf Illidan Stormrage, and …
Read More »Caffeine launches this week on PC, PS4 and Xbox One
Crowdfunded sci-fi horror game Caffeine will launch this week on PC and current-gen consoles, developer Incandescent Imaging has revealed. The Unreal 4-powered game’s Steam page states it will release later today for Windows PC, with PS4 and Xbox One versions due out this week as well. Caffeinewill arrive as an …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers: September 27 – October 3
Valve’s own Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has climbed to the top of the heap on Steam’s latest weekly best-selling products chart. The eSports hit beat out 2015 chart regulars Grand Theft Auto V and Ark: Survival Evolved – finishing in second and third, respectively. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain …
Read More »‘Rock Band 4 captures the genius of the original Rock Band and Guitar Hero’
Led Zeppelin waited 27, Pink Floyd held on for 24 and Blur took 16: in comparison to rock and roll reunions, the five-year gap since the last Rock Band game seems like a flash. But in the world of games, it’s been an age. There’s certainly a group of people …
Read More »World in Conflict server shut-off postponed
Strategy title World on Conflict has, temporarily at least, been saved from the brink. Sadly, all great things must come to an end and this is true even for World in Conflict. It is with sadness that we now inform you that all online services for World in Conflict will …
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