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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 …
Read More »Rocket League ‘100%’ coming to other platforms
Breakout multiplayer hit Rocket League looks likely to make the move onto Xbox. The game has been a smash hit on PS4, where it was a free download for PlayStation Plus members, and has also topped the sales charts on Steam. It has to date been downloaded over 5m times. …
Read More »Mobile gaming finally grows up
Nick Gibson reflects on how the UK games industry has changed over the past year
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has PC release date moved forward
PC owners will no longer have to wait longer than their console owning friends to get their hands on Metal Gear Solid V. Konami has announced that the PC version of the game will now be released on September 1st, just like on consoles. It had originally been scheduled for …
Read More »Windows 10 nearly overtaking OSX among Steam users
New system expected to overtake entire OSX portfolio within the month
Read More »Around the world with Ubisoft
Darren Bowen, UK sales director at Ubisoft, takes MCV on a globetrotting trip through its MCV Award-winning export team’s operations UK The UK, as always, is one of the first and strongest markets in new-generation gaming. There is a strong desire to own the newest technology within the UK but …
Read More »Toy Soldiers: War Chest arrives next week
Ubisoft has announced Signal Studios’ Toy Soldiers: War Chest will launch next week for PC and consoles. War Chest will land August 11th on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Windows PC for $14.99. The standard edition will be offered exclusively through digital channels, and four premium downloadable armies will be …
Read More »Summer Games Done Quick event raises $1.2m for charity
Last week’s speedrun event Summer Games Done Quick raised more than $1.2m for charity, organizers have announced. Polygon reports Games Done Quick beat last year’s SGDQ total by $500,000, and donations are still coming in and being counted. Whatever the final total ends up being, it’s a new record for …
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