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The rare white Xbox One has been sold for 5,000, GamesAid has announced. The commemorative special edition machine was only made available to Microsoft employees that worked on the console. It features a special Gamertag and the words ‘I Made This’ written on the front of the machine. It also …
Read More »Read how the next-gen is damaging sales of this year’s blockbusters in this week’s MCV
This week’s issue of MCV analyses how the next-gen transition is damaging the sales of the year’s biggest Q4 releases. Sales of Call of Duty, Battlefield and Assassin’s Creed are all down on their predecessors, some by an alarming margin. Retailers tells MCV how the imminent arrivial of the next-generation …
Read More »Just 2% of children pay for IAPs without parental permission, research claims
New study says parents have greater control over in-game spending 'than reports would have us believe'
Read More »If you include digital, Black Ops II has had the biggest year for a video game ever
Black Ops II’s digital revenue alone for the last 12 months would place it as the year’s third biggest game behind Grand Theft Auto V and Skylanders Giants. That’s according to Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg, who also told investors that Black Ops II’s total 12-month revenue is the biggest …
Read More »Here’s what you can expect from IGN India
The Indian edition of popular games website IGN is just weeks away from launch. We caught up with Ziff Davis business development director Adam Doree and IGN India editor Avinash Bali to find out a little more about IGN’s plans for India and what content Indian gamers can look forward …
Read More »Diablo III tops 14m sales worldwide
Blizzard’s dungeon-crawler Diablo III has passed the 14m sales mark across all versions. The figure includes the original PC edition, which launched back in May 2012, along with the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions, which debuted in September 2013. "We’re pleased with the response to the game’s launch on PlayStation …
Read More »Rough waters: The next-generation transition
We all expected sales of Assassin’s Creed IV and Battlefield 4 to be down. After all, this is only ‘part one’ of their launches. Both games will return, looking better than ever, on Xbox One and PS4 at the end of the month. But judging this transition is tricky. The …
Read More »Microsoft: ‘Games should be defined by more than framerate and resolution’
Head of Microsoft Studios Phil Spencer has at last responded to the weeks of criticism being levelled at the Xbox One over its resolution support. As well as high-profile examples such as Battlefield 4 and Call of Duty: Ghosts, many of Xbox One’s early titles including Dead Rising 3 and …
Read More »Ubisoft details Assassin’s Creed 4 PC features
Ubisoft has revealed more details on the PC version of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, which releases later this month. As with Splinter Cell: Blacklist, Ubisoft has worked with Nvidia to ensure that Black Flag is optimised for the current generation Geforce GTX graphics cards. PC gamers with Geforce GTX …
Read More »Activision says console transition behind lower Call of Duty sales
Call of Duty: Ghosts sales are down compared to Black Ops II, Activision has admitted. Speaking to investors last night, CFO Dennis Durkin confirmed what we all suspected following Activision’s decision yesterday to release sell-in numbers for the game as opposed to actual sales. And with MCV confirming this morning …
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