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Developer Dontnod was trying to sell Square Enix a different game before deciding to show them Life Is Strange as an afterthought. The episodic game has achieved over 1m sales and has picked up multiple critical plaudits, including two prizes at last month’s Develop Awards. But it almost didn’t happen, …
Read More »Dovetail Games announces Xbox partnership
Train Simulator firm Dovetail Games has announced a deal with Microsoft to bring some of its future games to Xbox One and Windows 10. The UK developer plans to bring its new Train Simulator title, Dovetail Games Fishing and Dovetail Games Flight Simulator to Microsoft’s platforms as a part of …
Read More »Capcom wants Street Fighter V to be No.1 in eSports
Street Fighter V is set to become the biggest title in the eSports fighting scene, if Capcom has its way. Marketing director Antoine Molant told MCV @ Gamescom that the firm plans to have a presence at a number of leading eSports events in an attempt to make Street Fighter …
Read More »Halo Wars 2 ‘will not be Total War: Halo’
Creative Assembly’s Halo strategy game will not resemble its smash-hit Total War franchise, the developer has told MCV @ Gamescom. Halo Wars 2 was the shock announcement at Microsoft’s pre-Gamescom press briefing. Creative Assembly says it is paying closer attention to the original Halo Wars (created by now defunct studio …
Read More »Steam offers unconditional refunds for Journey of the Light amid accusations of deception
It dubs itself as one of the hardest puzzle games on Steam, but it’s starting to look as if indie title Journey of the Light is nothing more than an elaborate scam. The game’s description says that it has eight chapters, including the bonus one, but one disgruntled buyer has …
Read More »Our last MCV @ Gamescom Daily is out – read about Halo Wars 2, Street Fighter V and more
The third and final MCV @ Gamescom magazine for this year’s show in Cologne is available for you to read – for free – right now. We go out with a bang in the last issue, featuring looks at some of this year’s biggest hitters – Fallout 4, Star Wars …
Read More »Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition revealed for fall release
Moon Studio’s hit platform adventure game Ori and the Blind Forest is getting a Definitive Edition, complete with a new expansion. Microsoft’s Larry Hryb, better known as Major Nelson, announced on Twitter that the expansion content is coming to Windows 10 and Xbox One later this year.” Gematsu further reports …
Read More »Angry Bird 2 reaches 20m downloads
Rovio has announced Angry Birds 2 has amassed 20m downloads during its launch week. The milestone follows the mobile gamenetting 1m players in its first 12 hours outon the App Store and Google Play. "When we were developing and testing Angry Birds 2, we had good reason to believe we …
Read More »Mega Man Legacy Collection arrives this month
Mega Man Legacy Collection will land later this month on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. The six game compilation will launch digitally on August 25thon Xbox Live, PSN and (presumably) Steam for $14.99. Beyond playing Mega Man 1-6 in HD, players can also collect a wide variety of high-resolution scans …
Read More »Accessories Update: SmaAcc Power Bank for DualShock 4 and Hori’s Zelda Mario Kart 8 Wheel
MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, PS4 pads can bank on SmaAcc for power and Hori has a golden delight for Zelda fans SmaAcc Power Bank for DualShock 4 Controller No player likes it when their controller runs out of battery mid-game, …
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