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Kickstarter is planning a November launch in Australia and New Zealand. The crowdfunding platform’s official site currently hosts a splash page revealing November 13th as the go ahead date for regional projects – though interested developers can start readying their campaigns immediately. The company is also hosting ‘Kickstarter Schools,’ a …

Monster Hunter 4 has surpassed 3m copies shipped in its first month. Capcomannounces the figure was reached across both retail and digital versions of the game. The milestone brings the lifetime sales total for the Monster Hunter series to 26m units sold. Monster Hunter 4 launched on September 14th in …

Ubisoft has delayed Watch Dogs, once its most anticipated games of the year and one of the more promising next-gen launch titles. The game was initially set for a 22nd November release for current and next-gen consoles and PC, but has now been pushed back to a vague spring 2014 …

One of the biggest games of the next-generation will not be out this year. Watch Dogs was due out on November 22nd, and was a major launch title for Xbox One and PS4. But the firm has had to delay the title until Spring 2014 as the title requires ‘extra …

With a dark cloud of uncertainty hanging over it, Blackberry has released an open letter in which it has tried to reassure the world that everything will be fine. You can continue to count on BlackBerry,” it insists. How do we know? We have substantial cash on hand and a …

Forget PS4 and Xbox One, one of the biggest marketing campaigns of Christmas will be for a current-gen game. Warner Bros has revealed a huge advertising push behind its new Batman title – Arkham Origins. It includes a blockbuster TV campaign, events, drinks promotions with Kick, plus heavyweight online, digital …

Assassin’s Creed has now sold over 6.6m units in the UK, Ubisoft has told MCV. The publisher revealed the figures ahead of next month’s launch of the latest instalment in the franchise – Black Flag. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is the sixth entry in the series and Ubisoft is …

Xbox 360 owners wanting to get the best possible experience from Battlefield 4 are going to need plenty of spare hard drive space. EA has revealed that the game will kick off with a mandatory 2GB install, regardless of whether the multiplayer or single player disc is inserted. As well …

Now this is what Kickstarter is really meant to be used for. Tired of millionaires taking to crowdfunding sites to launch products that they themselves are unwilling to back? Well this won’t be of any interest then because Simon Byron works in PR and we all know that’s where the …

Rovio’s latest entry in the Angry Birds franchise has been dated. The game will be released on December 11th and to coincide with the announcement Rovio has released its first gameplay footage. The kart racer was announced in August, with Rovio’s Kalle Kaivola stating: We’ve been playing around with a …