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Gearbox has plenty in the present to smile about with Borderlands 2, but that doesn’t mean the company isn’t excited about what it has in the works going forward. We’ve got a few things going on right now that we haven’t talked about but that’ll appear later,” company president Randy …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 for Wii U in development by BioWare and Straight Right
Australian studio Straight Right has revealed its helping BioWare develop the Wii U version of Mass Effect 3. The company revealed the news on their Facebook page, stating that the team is working in conjunction with BioWare on the port. It was previously rumoured that its sister company Tantalus Media …
Read More »Square takes to cloud gaming with CoreOnline
New browser streaming service to offer free and paid-for titles from publisher's back catalogue
Read More »Counter Strike: Global Offensive still MIA from PlayStation 3
Sony has revealed its extensive content slate being added the PSN this week… and Counter Strike: Global Offensive is highly conspicuous by its absence. The game was supposed to arrive on both Xbox 360 and PS3 last week. It turned up on Xbox Live, as planned, but failed to materialise …
Read More »Square Enix launches HD streaming games portal Core Online
Cloud gaming has taken a significant step into the present thanks to a new initiative from Japanese publisher Square Enix. Its new portal, Core Online, allows gamers to play some its titles for free in proper HD through their web browser. It has launched with playable versions of Hitman: Blood …
Read More »IN BRIEF: What’s Happened Today? (August 29th 2012)
Playing with Modern Warfare 2’s night vision goggles in the MCV basement was the best of times. So please forgive us if we become giddy with excitement with the news that having skipped a Prestige release for Modern Warfare 3, Activision is back at it again with Black Ops II. …
Read More »GAME OF THE DAY: Mass Effect 3
One good thing about post-release DLC is that it gives you a great excuse to revisit some classic titles. And with the release of BioWare’s Leviathan DLC for Mass Effect 3, you’ve got an ideal reason to relive one of the greatest action RPGs ever released. The Mass Effect series …
Read More »Red Bull re-enters the games publishing race with Kinect title
Extreme sports brand Red Bull is to try its hand at video games publishing… again. The company has announced a co-publishing agreement with Microsoft for Xbox 360 Kinect title ‘Red Bull Crashed Ice Kinect’, which is due for release some time this winter. As long ago as 2007 it was …
Read More »Black Ops II marks the return of the Prestige Edition; GAME exclusive
Activision has resurrected the fine tradition that is the Call of Duty Prestige Edition. For those not familiar with the SKUs, Prestige’s include both a premium price and a premium goodie. Previous years have offered night vision goggles (Modern Warfare 2) and a remote control car with video camera (Black …
Read More »RECOMMENDED READING: The story behind Perlman’s OnLive
The collapse of cloud gaming company OnLive is more than simply a tale of over-reaching ambition – it’s also the tale of one man losing his grip on his company. That’s according to a remarkable new report from US site Polygon, which MCV thoroughly recommends for anyone with an interest …
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