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Microsoft has at last detailed some of the features that it hopes will make Crackdown 3 one of the biggest games of 2016. With the bold claim that the game engine will change the way you play games forever”, the title will offer what it promises is a 100 per …
Read More »All-new cast revealed for Quantum Break
X-Men’s Shawn Ashmore, Lost’s Dominic Monaghan and Lance Reddick, and Game of Thrones Aidan Gillan join Remedy’s ambitious sci-fi title
Read More »GAMESCOM: Quantum Break release date and cast revealed
Quantum Break is coming to Xbox One next April. April 5th, to be exact, as the game’s developer Remedy revealed on-stage during the opening of Microsoft’s Gamescom press conference for this year. That release date will see the Xbox One-exclusive sci-fi action title join the ranks of The Division, Uncharted …
Read More »Summer Games Done Quick raises $1.2m for charity
Doctors Without Borders receiving record amount from organisation
Read More »Watch Microsoft’s Gamescom press conference live here
Show kicks off at 3pm BST
Read More »Xiaomi recaptures Chinese smartphone leadership from Apple
Apple’s newfound dominance of the Chinese smartphone market may already be a thing of the past. Recent successes in the region have helped Apple to some record results, with the larger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus proving a big hit in the highly lucrative Asian market. However, analyst Canalys …
Read More »Hi-Rez reveals new game Paladins
Smite developer Hi-Rez has lifted the curtain on its new game – Paladins. It’s free-to-play, as you might expect. It’s also a team-based shooter, but incorporates card collecting elements designed to boost the ability of your heroes. Paladins is pencilled in for release on PS4, Xbox One and PC with …
Read More »PlayStation Now hits Vita and PS TV in the US today
Sony’s streaming games service PlayStation Now is rolling out onto two new platforms in the US today. At some stage today it will become available to PlayStation Vita and PlayStation TV owners, adding to the existing support for PS4 and PS3. Support has also been rolled out to additional Bravia …
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to 1990s video game merchandise
The 1990s gave us the Spice Girls, Pogs and Beanie Babies. But it also spawned some of the biggest games brands ever seen. MCV takes a trip back in time If you were to compare the roster of big games set for release over the next 12 months to a …
Read More »Watch Microsoft’s Gamescom 2015 Xbox conference here
Microsoft will kick off Gamescom 2015 this afternoon, and you can watch the whole event right here. The exact contents of the show remain a secret, of course, but we do know that three Xbox One exclusives will feature – Remedy’s Quantum Break, the new Crackdown and Platinum’s Scalebound. It …
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