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IHS predicts Project Scorpio price will be £429 in the UK

2 ihs piers harding rollspng IHS predicts Project Scorpio price will be £429 in the UK

Project Scorpio will finally get its first public showing at tonight’s Microsoft E3 press conference, and market research firm IHS Markit has predicted that Microsoft’s new machine will cost 429 in the UK. So far, other estimates have pegged the 4K console at around 499, making IHS’ estimation a little …

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Watch Microsoft’s E3 presentation and Scorpio reveal right here

3 xbox onepng Watch Microsoft's E3 presentation and Scorpio reveal right here

In just eight hours time, Microsoft will be unveiling its new Project Scorpio console to the worldwide games industry, and you can watch the action right here at MCV. Due to kick off at 10pm in the UK, Microsoft’s E3 press conference is set to be one of the highlights …

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Star Wars Battlefront 2 will be 3x bigger than its predecessor

1 star wars battlefront 2png Star Wars Battlefront 2 will be 3x bigger than its predecessor

Over 30 minutes of EA’s Play event was dedicated to Star Wars Battlefront 2 this evening, giving players an in-depth look at what to expect when the next instalment in its online shooter franchise launches this November. After hundreds of players asked for the chance to play through a proper …

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Hazelight’s prison escape co-op title A Way Out is EA’s next Originals title

1 a way out headerpng Hazelight's prison escape co-op title A Way Out is EA's next Originals title

EA unveiled the third title in its EA Originals series this evening, which is a brand-new IP from Hazelight, the creators of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons. Entitled ‘A Way Out’, director and writer Josef Fares said this prison escape game will be a co-op title like no other. …

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UPDATED: Testology owner called out for anti-Muslim comments

1 robsontestologyjpg UPDATED: Testology owner called out for anti-Muslim comments

Andy Robson, the managing director of QA company Testology, has suggested in a Facebook post that Muslims should be forcibly removed from the UK. Kotaku UKreports that the now deleted post read (verbatim): I don’t give to monkeys about brexit or who’s voting as I don’t care because they are …

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Tekken 7 claims No.1 in Japan, prompting 6% rise in PS4 sales

3 tekken 7png Tekken 7 claims No.1 in Japan, prompting 6% rise in PS4 sales

Tekken 7 has punched straight in at No.1 in the Japanese weekly chart, according to the latest figures from Famitsu, selling 54,319 copies in its first four days on sale. While not quite as successful as the PS3 launch of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (which sold around 69,000, says Famitsu), …

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Opinion: Steve Boxer looks back at the evolution of E3

1 steve boxer 350jpg Opinion: Steve Boxer looks back at the evolution of E3

Today, E3 seems like the most monolithic of institutions, but it wasn’t ever thus. The first one I attended was the second ever, in 1996, and it had a very different cast of major players. I was taken out by the long-forgotten 7th Level – the only publisher to get …

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