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PS4 owners now have the ability to buy games and other products using their PayPal accounts, with Sony adding the payment option for all digital goods offered on the console. Users can add money from their PayPal accounts to their PSN wallets directly from the console dashboard by highlighting the …
Read More »FIFA: The Next Generation
FIFA 14 marked EA’s football next-gen debut Yet a flashy new engine is only a small part of what the development team has been working on. Ahead of FIFA 15’s full reveal MCV caught up with EA exec producer David Rutter… Iwant to think about FIFA like a franchise. I …
Read More »130 jobs lost at Nintendo Europe
Nintendo has announced 130 redundancies at its Groostheim office in Germany. "Nintendo of Europe has entered into a consultation process on a number of changes it is intending to make to its European business which, in the long term, will better enable the European business to adapt to the rapidly …
Read More »THE BIG GAME: Sledgehammer’s dramatic revamp of Call of Duty
In the first of our weekly in-depth pieces on an upcoming blockbuster, we speak to Sledgehammer to discover why Advanced Warfare is the most exciting Call of Duty in years. A giant space ship is seen floating above an unknown planet. In the background, a woman eerily sings the children’s …
Read More »Forza 5 getting the ‘Racing Game of the Year’ treatment next month
Microsoft has unveiled a new version of Xbox One racer Forza 5. IGN reports that Forza Motorsport 5: Racing Game of the Year will be released in the US on July 22nd. That probably means July 25th in the UK. It will cost 50. The SKU includes an additional 18 …
Read More »Fantasia: Music Evolved dated
Kinect-controlled music title Fantasia: Music Evolved has been given an Xbox One and Xbox 360 release date. Destructoid reveals that the game will arrive on October 21st. That’s likely a North American release date, so expect an October 24th arrival in the UK. That places it up against some stuff …
Read More »GAME unveils ‘English Brazilian’ World Cup competition
Fancy a free console? Then it’s yours for the bargain price of just your personal pride and some physical pain. GAME is offering (male) customers what it has dubbed the ‘English Brazlian’, the first of which has already been created at its Basingstoke store. Essentially it involves the strategic removal …
Read More »Could Apple phase out 3.5mm audio jack in future iPhones?
iPhone and iPad users will soon have the option of connecting headphones via Apple’s proprietary Lightning connector. Why would one wish to do this? Apple Insider reports that Apple’s new Lightning module promises to provide deeper system controls, direct analog audio out and power to compatible accessories” according to a …
Read More »Disconnecting Kinect will not boost Xbox One performance, Microsoft clarifies
Owners of Kinect-less Xbox Ones will not enjoy a performance boost over those who choose to attach a camera to their machine. That’s the clarification from Microsoft, which was forced to issue a statement after some corners of the internet misinterpreted yesterday’s news of a GPU boost in the most …
Read More »Nintendo to announce Mario Maker at E3 – rumour
Mario Maker looks like it could be revealed by Nintendo at E3 next week. Judging by a snapshot allegedly from the E3 show floor published on Nintendo Enthusiast, Mario maker would allow gamers to create their own custom Super Mario Bros style levels. The hoarding depicts a stylus-wielding hand, suggesting …
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