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Indie developers do not sell consoles… right? Sony studios boss Shuhei Yoshida tells us why that just isn’t true in the current edition of MCV. It’s a packed issue once again, with Sega revealing its digital sales data in an effort to encourage more publishers to share theirs. We also …
Read More »Fourth UK No.1 for Saints Row IV
Deep Silver’s Saints Row IV has claimed its fourth No.1 in the UKIE GfK All-Formats Top 40. With a certain other sandbox game due to arrive at retail this week, a fifth looks unlikely but the publisher will be delighted that its superhero romp has put in such an excellent …
Read More »PayPal reviews crowdfunding policies
Online payment service hopes to cut back on unnecessary frozen accounts
Read More »Nexon to acquire FIFA Online developer
South Korean online PC game studio picked up by major Asian publisher
Read More »Flipkart to ship Grand Theft Auto 5 preorders on 16th September
India’s largest retailer for games, Flipkart.com, has said it will ship out preorders of Grand Theft Auto 5 on 16thSeptember,a day prior to release date. In an email sent to all preorder customers, it said, ‘The game is being officially launched in India on September 17th 2013. Please note that …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: September 8-14
Total War: Rome II maintains its lead ahead of Payday 2 and Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, on Steam’s latest weekly top selling products chart. While Rome II and Payday 2 continued to hold their positions, the sequel to Amnesia made a big leap up the list from ninth to …
Read More »Hyperkin opens pre-orders for $99.99 RetroN 5
Hardware maker Hyperkin has opened up pre-orders for its RetroN 5, a console that supports cartridges from nine different classic consoles and handhelds. Amazon lists the device at $99.99, with a launch date of October 31st. The console plays NES, SNES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, GBA, Sega Genesis, Famicom, …
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts on PSN for Rs 2,799; Rs 1,500 less than retail
Call of Duty: Ghosts has just gone up for preorder on the Indian PlayStation Store and there’s a massive difference in price from the retail version. While you can preorder the disc version of the game at retailers for Rs 4,299, on PSN, it’s available for Rs 2,799 only. That’s …
Read More »UPDATED: Grand Theft Auto V PSN PS3 pre-load delayed until next week
There is uproar on the European PSN forums this afternoon following the delay of the Grand Theft Auto V pre-load. Customers who had been pre-ordered the PS3 game on Sony’s digital service had, via a message in their download queue, been previously told that the 17GB download would be available …
Read More »Developers want UK trade union
A group from the UK games industry has today established Dev Union, which hopes to encourage debate around the establishment of a UK trade union for those in the games industry. The proposed trade union would be called the UK Video Game Workers Association. "The Idea of a Union was …
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