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2009 action outing Resident Evil 5 is now Capcom’s best selling game ever. It has overtaken the 6.3m sales of 1992 SNES release Street Fighter II to claim the crown and also leads the likes of Resident Evil 6 (5.2m), Resident Evil 2 (4.96m), Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (4.8m) and …
Read More »PS3 sales up but Sony reports quarterly losses
Sony’s PlayStation division has reported an 800m operating loss (5m) for the quarter ending September. In the same period last year it saw operating income of 2.3bn (14.6m), a disparity Sony blamed on hardware price reductions and exchange rate fluctuations. PlayStation revenues for the period grew five per cent year-on-year …
Read More »PS4 supports cross-platform play with PS3
First game to use feature on next-gen console will be Arrowhead's top-down shooter Helldivers
Read More »Exclusive: The UK PC download charts
UKIE’s digital charts project has taken huge strides this year, with more data than ever so that we now have a semi-accurate picture of the UK PC download market. MCV can reveal the latest data from that project, including data from IPSOS and GfK Chart-Track, including data from Q2 2013 …
Read More »PS4 won’t support media servers or MP3s
Sony has revealed a couple of bits of functionality that are missing from PS4. Perhaps the most painful is the fact that it won’t support media servers or offer DLNA support, meaning that users won’t be able to stream content from the PC or media centre through to the device. …
Read More »Scotland gets new games expo
A new two-day consumer games exhibition is set to launch in Scotland during October next year. Based in Edinburgh at the International Conference Centre, Games Expo Scotland 2014 will house triple-A and indie games alike.The event will also feature developer sessions, competitions and retro games. Games Expo Scotland will take …
Read More »Eidos Montreal scraps mystery third game – report
Thief and Deus Ex studio cancels project, sources suggest it could have been new IP
Read More »New games expo hits Scotland in October 2014
Game Expo Scotland to feature developer sessions, competitions and exhibitions by indie and triple-A studios
Read More »Farewell Stuart
After more than 15 years and 762 issues of MCV, Stuart Dinsey departs the company he founded. The UK games industry pays tribute to an industry legend.. Rod Cousens, Codemasters His success was born out of his rawness and not accepting No. His success was born out of relationships and …
Read More »Xbox 360 MCV Quiz is back for Xmas
Places are now available at the Xbox 360 MCV Christmas Pub Quiz and Party. The event takes place on Tuesday, November 26th and will be held at Minster Exchange in London, near Bank and Monument. Guests can expect a battle of wits against the industry’s publishers, retailers, suppliers and the …
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