MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Koei Tecmo also hires digital content creator and social media manager, while Bandai Namco bolsters its marketing and PR teams. Three new hires at Koei Tecmo Yusuke Okada (pictured, right) has been appointed as the new general manager for Koei Tecmo Europe. He joins from the publisher’s Tokyo headquarters, where …
Read More »Ghost Recon Wildlands sparks diplomatic tussle
The Bolivian government has apparently filed a formal complaint with the French embassy in reaction to how the country is depicted in the upcoming Ghost Recon Wildlands. Reuters reports that the South American nation is upset about its portrayal as a hub for drug traffickers. Interior Minister Carlos Romero has …
Read More »Playground Games, Ghost Recon Wildlands and Flatout 4 headline this week’s MCV
This week, MCV went to Leamington Spa to meet the team behind 2016’s hit Forza Horizon 3. Playground Games’ CEO Gavin Raeburn and creative director Ralph Fulton talk about what they have achieved and what’s coming next. In this week’s issue, we also talk to Ubisoft UK ahead of the …
Read More »HTC says it has no plans to cut Vive price
The HTC Vive will not be cutting its price to mirror the recent discount to Oculus Rift. Oculus this week announced some steep price cuts to its hardware. The Rift headset itself has been cut from $599 to $499, while the recently released Touch controllers have been halved in price …
Read More »Industry positive about Nindie Switch combo
After facing weeks of criticism over the Switch’s software line-up, Nintendo unveiled a swathe of new indie games for the console on Tuesday, bolstering the platform’s 2017 line-up with 60 ‘Nindie’ titles to arrive by the end of the year. Among them are Image & Form’s SteamWorld Dig 2, Team17’s …
Read More »Switch games taste deliberately horrendous
Is this the best bit of Switch functionality of the lot? We reckon it might be. So Kotaku does this thing called Snacktaku where it tastes and reviews food. Normally actual food, you understand. After US games journalist Jeff Gerstmann revealed via Twitter that he had indeed tasted a Switch …
Read More »GameSeek to raise Switch price back up to RRP
After honoring its Switch pre-order price of 198.50, UK retailer GameSeek has told MCV that it will be raising the price of the console to match its RRP of 279.99. We do everything we can for our customers, but keeping [Switch] at this price post-launch is impossible due to the …
Read More »Switch returns to Friend Code system, but alternatives are coming
There was a collective groan from the internet yesterday when the Switch’s day one update brought with it one unpopular bit of Nintendo functionality. Whereas on the likes of PSN and Xbox Live, users are able to search for and befriend people by their username, Nintendo has typically favoured a …
Read More »Zelda: Breath of the Wild is one of the all-time highest rated games
Nintendo Switch’s launch line-up may be a little thin, but there is most certainly a jewel in its crown. The review embargo for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has lifted, and already the adventure title is looking to be one of the highest-rated releases of all time. …
Read More »IHS: Switch to hit 4.4m sales by end of 2017
IHS Markit has forecasted the Nintendo Switch will sell 4.4m units by the end of 2017, with the vast majority of buyers being either existing Nintendo console or handheld owners or general early adopters. That’s a slightly more conservative estimate compared to SuperData’s earlier report, which stated the research firm …
Read More »