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After a quiet 2014, Capcom has come out swinging this year with a busy slate of releases. MCV catches up with its new European bossKatsuhiko Ichii and marketing director Antoine Molant to see how Capcom’s year has been so far, and finds out about its big plans for Street Fighter …
Read More »Dark Souls III to arrive in Europe after Japan
The wait for Dark Souls III is going to be a longer one for players in Europe and the US than those in Japan. Bandai Namco has confirmed an April release date for the game in both Europe and America, as well as other PAL regions such as the Middle-East …
Read More »GameStop stops offering console bundles with download codes
The largest American High Street games retailer will now only sell console bundles that include physical copies of games. It is common nowadays for hardware bundles to include download codes instead of physical games. However, Giant Bomb reports that the retailer in a recent conference call outlined its new physical …
Read More »PC Gamer launches dedicated eSports channel
Leading UK publisher Future plc has today launched PC Gamer Pro, a section of the PCGamer.com site dedicated to competitive gaming and eSports. The channel, which will appear under the main PCGamer.com’s site navigation, will focus on features, news and opinion centred around the burgeoning competitive scene. Content will be …
Read More »Final Fantasy V PC port heading to Steam next week
Square Enix is bringing Final Fantasy V to PC next week via Steam release. The publisher has set up the game’s Steam store page and is offering a 10 per cent discount for those that purchase before its release on September 24th. The game itself is a port of Final …
Read More »Deadpool arrives on PS4, Xbox One in November
A port of Activision’s Deadpool game is heading to PS4 and Xbox One, GameStop has revealed. In a post onTwitter, the US retailer announced pre-orders are now open for a current-gen console release of the 2013 licensed action title. Activision gave Prototype 2the same treatmentearlier this year, bringing the multi-platform …
Read More »Dragon Quest Builders launches in Japan this January
The Dragon Quest franchise’s take on Minecraft will launch this January, Square Enix has announced. Dragon Quest Builders will arrive in Japan on January 28thfor PS3, PS4 and Vita, Square revealed at Sony’s Tokyo Game Show press conference. The publisher has yet to confirm if the game will receive a …
Read More »Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, Everybody’s Golf and Danganronpa 3 all PlayStation bound
Among the news to emerge from Sony’s pre-TGS press briefing yesterday was confirmation of three new games heading to PlayStation. Square Enix’s Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, the fifth release in the series, will be released on PS4 and PS3 on February 25th. You can see its latest trailer below. …
Read More »Minecraft: Story Mode has been dated in the UK
Telltale has dated both the physical and retail releases of Minecraft: Story Mode. MCV had been told that the game would be released both digitally and on disc at the same time. This doesn’t appear to be the case, however. The first episode of the episodic series will arrive on …
Read More »You can take part in the first census of the UK games industry since 2012
The first examination of the UK games business in three years is now underway – and you can help. The 2015 Employment Census of the Creative Media Industries is being conducted by Creative Skillset in an effort to examine the makeup of the British industry and help companies and the …
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