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Uncharted: The Lost Legacy holds second UK No.1

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Switch exclusive Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle didn’t manage to take the top spot for its first week in the charts, as Uncharted: The Lost Legacy remained No.1 for a second week. Sales for Sony’s title were down 70 per cent week-on-week though. Ubisoft’s Mario + Rabbids debuted at No.2 …

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Samsung partners with Xbox One X for exclusive US marketing and retail deal

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The US branch of Samsung is teaming up with Xbox for an exclusive marketing and retail partnership around the Xbox One X, the electronics manufacturer has announced. The deal will see Samsung’s flagship line of QLED TVs become the official 4K TV partner for the console, allowing gamers to experience …

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Nintendo Switch hits 1.5m sales in Japan

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The Nintendo Switch has hit the 1.5m milestone in Japan, according to the latest figures from Famitsu, after the Switch version of Capcom’s Monster Hunter XX knocked Dragon Quest XI off the top of the Japan weekly charts. Nintendo sold another 86,000 consoles in the week ending August 27th, helped …

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Community Centre: Chris Roberts and Blue Byte say Gamescom is all about community

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While E3 has started experimenting with letting consumers onto its show floor, with inevitable teething problems around the most popular stands, Gamescom has long had a model that works well – giving trade a dedicated space to strike deals, while allowing game creators to really get to grips with their communities …

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Developing Beyond: The Finalists

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Epic Games’ Developing Beyond competition has now entered its final phase and the final three games have been chosen. Jem Alexander speaks to the finalists to find out how the process has been, and discover what it’s like to collaborate with a scientific researcher on their projects

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A torrent of video: IGN and Facebook on Gamescom 2017

1 2017 08 22 shadow of war party 076jpg A torrent of video: IGN and Facebook on Gamescom 2017

Video is now the lingua franca of gaming coverage – and at this year’s Gamescom it came, as ever, in a myriad of forms: studio-style news coverage and interviews, game preview footage, live gameplay streams, esports coverage, or the numerous chattier, personality-driven formats that proliferate on YouTube and Twitch.  Of course, …

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MCV Jobs Weekly: Green Man Gaming, Sold Out, PlayStack and more

1 paul turner 350jpg MCV Jobs Weekly: Green Man Gaming, Sold Out, PlayStack and more

In this week’s roundup: Green Man Gaming hires new performance marketing EVP, Ukie’s Blackwell becomes theMayor of London’s first chief digital officer, a new marketing director arrives at Sold Out, PlayStack gets new COO and board director,Koch Media’s Scarborough joins Improbable and Ukie welcomes three new members. Green Man Gaming …

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Gamescom review, Golden Joysticks, Oculus and Merge Games headline this week’s MCV

1 01 cover sept 1 350jpg Gamescom review, Golden Joysticks, Oculus and Merge Games headline this week's MCV

After a record-breaking Gamescom, we look at the core drivers of its success in this week’s issue of MCV. The potential resurgence of Xbox, the importance of video and using events to strengthen community relations were all key to this year’s edition. We talk to Xbox, IGN, Facebook and more …

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