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UPDATE: To be clear, if a console is suspended from Xbox Live for a violation of the Terms of Use, it can still be used offline," a Microsoft spokesperson told MCV, denying that any consoles had been ‘bricked’ remotely. "Microsoft enforcement action does not result in a console becoming unusable. …
Read More »LEGO Jurassic World to arrive alongside the film
Warner Bros’ video games adaptation of upcoming summer movie Jurassic World will arrive on the same day as the film. Both movie and game will hit UK shelves on June 12th. That release date applies to all platforms – PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, PC, 3DS and …
Read More »Troll breaks developer’s heart on Kickstarter
What’s worse than not hitting your Kickstarter target? Thinking you have hit it, only to have that dream taken away. That’s exactly what happened to 2Awesome Studio whose shooter Dimension Drive was nearing its $25k with only minutes to spare. It seemed that success was to elude the group, only …
Read More »Brazilian retail selling pirated PS4 games for £6 a shot
While the PS4’s security systems have not yet been cracked, some retailers in South America have found a working method of selling copied games for the machine. UOL Jogos reports, as translated by VG247, that a Brazilian retailer sold the site ten pirated PS4 games for BR300, which is around …
Read More »Konami: Our main platform will be mobiles
Fears that Konami may be eying a withdrawal from the console market appear to be accurate. "We will pursue mobile games aggressively," Konami CEO Hayakawa told Nikkei, as per a Neogaf translation which seems to loosely be backed up by Google’s own translation. Our main platform will be mobiles. "Gaming …
Read More »PlayStation promotes £279.99 PS4 Witcher 3 deal
The upcoming release of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has brought with it another cut-price deal, this time for PS4. PlayStation UK’s Twitter account itself promoted a code that allows customers to order a PS4 console and the upcoming RPG for just 279.99. The item will be available next Tuesday …
Read More »Yooka-laylee becomes most funded UK game Kickstarter ever
Playtonic’s crowdfunding success has just hit another milestone. The studio has announced that Yooka-Laylee, funding for which currently stands at 1.585m, has now claimed the title of the highest crowdfunded UK video game campaign ever, bypassing previous record holder Elite Dangerous. The project earlier this month hit its initial 175k …
Read More »PlayStation’s Gara talks price wars, Bloodborne, No Man’s Sky and Black Friday
As Sony celebrates hitting 2m PS4s sold in the UK, MCV meets UK MD Fergal Gara to discuss price wars, the next generation of PS4 owners and what has happened to all the games… "ANY PRICE WAR IN THE MARKET CAN BE DANGEROUS" One thing that has defined the on-going …
Read More »Consoles will control less than half of the UK games market this year
The success of PS4 and Xbox One hasn’t managed to beat back mobile’s growing dominance of the games market, says research firm Newzoo. The company estimates that console’s revenue share of the UK games industry will fall below 50 per cent for the first time ever this year, dropping to …
Read More »22Cans: ‘Crowdfunding has waned, and that’s a good thing’
Kickstarter is losing its popularity and that’sgood news for the games industry, says 22cans. The developer came under fire from the media and consumers after its Kickstarter project – Godus – suffered development issues. The firm later admitted it may fail to meet some of the pledges it made to …
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