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The viability of a new free alternative to Nvidia’s new variable refresh rate tech G-Sync has been questioned by the PC hardware firm. Rival AMD took to CES this week to reveal FreeSync – a new technology that apes G-Sync’s ability to synchronise the refresh rates of a monitor and …
Read More »Sega’s Rhythm Thief pulled from App Store
Having been released on the Apple App Store yesterday, Sega has now pulled Rhythm Thief & The Paris Caper from sale. An unexpected problem has been discovered in the version of Rhythm Thief that was available yesterday on the Apple App Store, so we have removed it temporarily from the …
Read More »Doors close at 2K’s Prague studio
2K Czech is set to close its Prague studio and will lay off a number of staff, the publisher has confirmed. As reported byEurogamer, some of the studio’s employees are being relocated to its Brno office. Ten "key" development staff from the Czech offices are also being transferred to the …
Read More »ShopTo triples console market share after best year ever
UK online retailer ShopTo says it is enjoying its most successful year on record. The firm told MCV that it has already matched the turnover achieved in its previous financial year in just five months. It said that Chart-Track figures show it has tripled its console market share and almost …
Read More »PS4 was the biggest UK home console in 2013 in revenue
UPDATED: PS4 was the No.1 console in revenue terms. In unit terms, 3DS was the No.1 games console followed by Xbox 360. PlayStation 4 is the UK’s biggest home games console of 2013. Sony’s new machine sold over 530,000 consoles in just five weeks generating 181.4m, making it the fastest …
Read More »Don’t forget! Two weeks to lobby for MCV Awards 2014
You have just two weeks to get your lobbying in for the 2014 MCV Awards. Just days remain to get in your suggestions for hotly-contested prizes like Specialist Retailer, Game Publisher, New Game Brand, Marketing Team and PR Team. Plus this year we have new prizes for Events Team, Digital …
Read More »It’s not finished and had no marketing – yet DayZ wins Xmas sales race
The biggest game of Christmas was released on just one platform, had no marketing and it isn’t even finished yet. While the official charts claim FIFA 14 and Cut The Rope 2 were the biggest games of Christmas, Dean Hall’s PC-only DayZ shifted nearly 1m units and made over 20m …
Read More »Far Cry The Wild Expedition compilation releases next month in the UK
A new Far Cry compilation has been announced by Ubisoft for release in the UK on Valentines Day. It’s called Far Cry: The Wild Expedition and contains Far Cry Classic, Far Cry 2, Far Cry 3 and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. It will be released on PS3, Xbox 360 …
Read More »UPDATE: PC version of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance won’t work offline
The recently released PC version of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance on Steam appears to crash if a user’s internet connection is lost. Numerous users have taken to the Steam forums to complain both that the game – which is entirely single player – won’t launch at all in offline mode …
Read More »Nintendo buys IA Labs’ patent portfolio
Four years of "patent troll" litigation ends with sheriff's sale
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