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Just a year afterentering the market, Square Enix has shut down its India operations without having released a single game. Square Enix India was set up with a view to developing mobile games for the Indian market in collaboration with Indian developers. While it did not develop games itself, Square …
Read More »Games specialist Xbite reveals new-look store: Shop4
Online retailer Xbite says it can become one of retail’s elite players with its new brand Shop4. Shop4 is the new face of Xbite and its stable of brands, including gaming outfit 365games and fashion label ZedThredz, which it says will create one unified identity for all of its businesses. …
Read More »UK stores call on 360 and PS3 price cuts
UK games retailers want to see a PS3 and Xbox 360 price cut before the end of the year. Top stores have told MCV that reducing the cost of Sony and Microsoft’s last generation machines will encourage younger and more casual gamers to jump back into the console market. We …
Read More »Titanfall beats InFamous: Second Son in March charts
Titanfall beat Thief, South Park and Infamous to become the biggest selling game of March. It was a month of new releases, with a total of six new games in the Top Ten. As well as the above Dark Souls II and Metal Gear Solid V also made the Top …
Read More »Amazon 3D smartphone in the works for Q3 2014 release
New handset will use retina-tracking technology to display some images in 3D
Read More »GaymerX2 2014 will be the last
This year’s GaymerX2 convention will be the last, its organisers have said. A recent successful Kickstarter campaign, which raised more than double its target amount, helped to secure the 2014 event but has not been sufficient to enable its long-term future. "We decided that we could no longer continue as …
Read More »Steam Machines could launch in time for Christmas 2014
Steam controller to arrive October or November, according to hardware source
Read More »SCEE teams with 3A for Killzone figure line
An official line of licensed Killzone figures is one the way from toy company 3A. The first offering to emerge from the deal is a 31cm fully articulated Hazmat Trooper figure with illuminating red eyes, which is due to launch in Q3 and cost $160. Our adult video game franchises …
Read More »Todd Stashwick joins Visceral’s Star Wars team
American actor and writer Todd Stashwick has joined Amy Hennig at Visceral Games as the co-writer on EA’s new Star Wars game. The news was revealed by Uncharted writer Hennig on Twitter, who wasbrought in by EA last monthas creative director on the unannounced project. Hennig said she was thrilled …
Read More »MCV AWARDS 2014: See the official opening video
Last week’s MCV Awards 2014 kicked off with some of the industry’s greatest squaring off against the apocalypse – and you can see it all here on video. The short was filmed at Oriental City in Colindale, which has been derelict since 1998. Some – particularly Alex Verrey who used …
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