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A US analyst has predicted that Sony could eventually grow to control virtually the entire console market. "Sony has the potential to make the game console market its exclusive territory,” Bank of America/Merrill Lynch analyst Eiichi Katayama told The Wall Street Journal in a report claiming that the company’s current …
Read More »Successfully Kickstarted sword fighting game Clang is scrapped
Sword fighting game Clang will now not be released, despite being successfully Kickstarted in 2012. Creator Neal Stephenson hit the pause button” on development a year ago, despite the fact the game had long passed its $500k Kickstarter goal, raising $526,125. Now the project has been cancelled outright. Last year, …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed movie pushed back to 2016
Fox has delayed the movie adaptation of the Assassin’s Creed series. The big screen adaptation of the hit Ubisoft video game franchise was scheduled to hit cinemas on August 7th 2015, but Fox insiders have toldThe Hollywood Reporterthat the film will now arrive in 2016. The film, set to star …
Read More »Destiny attracts biggest Twitch launch audience of 2014
More people have watched streaming Destiny footage on Twitch in 2014 than any other new game launch. It was viewed nearly 20m times in its first week, with 5m unique viewers consuming nearly 240m minutes of gameplay. Our community has always blown us away with their desire to share, entertain, …
Read More »Phones4u staff warned that they may not get full wages
Staff at UK retailer Phones 4u have been told that their wages are likely to be curtailed as hope for the troubled company begins to fade. The Independent reports that an internal document sent to the chain’s 5,596 staff says that while they will still be paid as administrators PwC …
Read More »Nvidia announces GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970
As expected, two new high-end PC graphics cards have been unveiled by Nvidia. Called the GTX 980 and GTX 970, both cards offer improved TDP efficiency but still offer the sort of graphical clout that puts the PS4 and Xbox One to shame. The GTX 980 will retail at around …
Read More »UK PS4 sales up 300 per cent thanks to Destiny launch
PS4 has just posted its biggest week of the year in the US, and MCV can reveal it is the same for the UK, too. A senior industry source quoting Chart-Track data told MCV that PS4 sales spiked 300 per cent week-on-week after the launch of Destiny. Of course, a …
Read More »GDC faced bomb threat for granting Anita Sarkeesian an award
The organisers of GDC have revealed that it received a number of bomb threats earlier this year over its decision to hand the Ambassador Award to Anita Sarkeesian. The Tropes vs Women creator won the gong in March for helping the game industry advance to a better place” and for …
Read More »New Endemol-backed London consumer video games event coming next year
Entertainment giant Endemol will launch a video games-dedicated YouTube channel this month. The firm’s ‘global premium channel network’ Endemol Beyond will launch Legends of Gaming, a UK eSports channel that will be fronted by YouTube star Ali A. The channel will see up-and-coming and established YouTube personalities battle it out …
Read More »Minecraft PS4 heads to retail next month
Sony has announced the PlayStation 4 edition of Minecraft will receive a retail release in Europe and North America. Both Europe and US PlayStation Blogs have posted details on the physical release, with the game hitting shops on October 3rd in Europe and October 7th stateside. A day-one patch is …
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