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Read More »‘Absolute madness’: retail bemoans shooter pile-up
The three biggest games of the year will all come out within weeks of one another. Last week at the Star Wars Celebration in California, EA announced that Star Wars: Battlefront will launch on November 20th. The game will compete with Halo 5: Guardians (out October 27th) and Call of …
Read More »Pre-order crisis looms as 3.4m UK gamers hold off
Fewer UK consumers are pre-ordering video games, MCV can reveal. 20 per cent of UK gamers say they are either pre-ordering fewer titles, or have stopped pre-ordering altogether. This comes from a survey conducted by Ipsos MORI’s GameTrack project on behalf of MCV. Nine per cent of those surveyed said …
Read More »Will anyone win the toys-to-life war? Find out in this week’s MCV
With Skylanders, Disney Infinity, LEGO Dimensions and Amiibo, the toys-to-life space has never been so competitive. But who is going to lose out? We speak to some of the genre’s experts to find out. We also look back at the winners of this year’s MCV Awards in pictures, including a …
Read More »Global gaming revenue to reach $91.5bn in 2015, according to Newzoo
Newzoo has released info from its upcoming Global Games Market Report, with the research firm projecting worldwide revenue to jump 9.4 per cent to $91.5bn this year. Games Industry points to Newzoo’s findings, which also projects the Chinese market surging past US this year as the single largest contributor to …
Read More »VIDEO: Early Access release of Killing Floor 2 arrives on Steam
FPS survival sequel Killing Floor 2 is now available in Early Access on Steam, developer Tripwire has announced. The current pre-release version of the six-player co-op game is being offered in standard ($29.99) and digital deluxe ($39.99) packages, with the Steam page also offering a six pack for $149.95 and …
Read More »Former Blizzard CCO Rob Pardo joins Unity
World of Warcraft lead designer Rob Pardo has joined Unity in a creative advisor role for the game engine’s community of developers. The ex-Blizzard CCO states that the new part-time gig will include Pardo traveling the globe – visiting devs and studios across Asia, Europe and North America to discuss …
Read More »SAVE THE DATE: Games Media Awards return to London on October 14th
The Games Media Awards will return on October 14th. Taking place at the Bloomsbury Ballroom, near Holborn tube station in London, the awards celebrate the best of games writing and the games media in the UK. Last year, the revamped event gave out the majority of its prizes to individual …
Read More »The Elder Scrolls Online won’t fit on a Blu-ray disc
Bethesda has said that it has not been able to fit The Elder Scrolls Online onto a 50GB Blu-ray disc for PS4 or Xbox One. As well as taking up over an eighth of the available space on a standard PS4 or Xbox One hard drive, buyers have been warned …
Read More »Total War: Warhammer finally announced for PC
The long-rumoured Total War: Warhammer has at last been made official by publisher Sega. Developed by Creative Assembly in conjunction with Games Workshop, the game is in development for PC and Mac, as well as SteamOS. It has also been confirmed that the game will be the first of a …
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