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Over 87,000 players around the world have played Resident Evil 7 in VR, Capcom has revealed. That’s according to new figures released on ResidentEvil.Net, detailing the game’s global statistics. As of January 30th, 87,196 players have opted to play Resident Evil 7 in virtual reality, making up 9.48 per cent …
Read More »Resident Evil 7 tops the UK charts
Capcom’s Resident Evil 7 is the first new game to take the top spot in 2017. Resident Evil 7 has the third best Week One for the series to date; the record holder is 2009’s Resident Evil 5, assisted by it being the franchise’s debut on the Xbox 360. In …
Read More »MCV Awards Update: Who’s judging the awards?
The MCV awards are now only six weeks away, which means I really should get on with working out what I’m going to say to greet the great-and-good of the industry come the 9th of March (suggestions welcome!). Suffice to say that besides my own small input, the event is …
Read More »Resident Evil VII ships 2.5m units worldwide
Capcom has announced that Resident Evil 7 has shipped over 2.5m units worldwide. The latest entry in its flagship survival horror series launched on Tuesday in the UK, garnering high scores across the board from a number of critics. Meanwhile, the franchise as a whole has now reached a cumulative …
Read More »Playwire signs exclusive ad deal with US gaming giant Game Informer
Playwire media has signed a deal with the GameStop-owned Gameinformer.com to become the sole representative for all advertising inventory for the digital edition of the magazine and its associated website. Game Informer claims to be the largest digital publication in the world and with a total circulation of over 6.3m …
Read More »Mad Catz could be delisted from the NYSE if share price doesn’t increase
Troubled peripheral maker Mad Catz has received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange warning that, due to the company’s low selling share price, the company will be delisted unless it can show "a sustained improvement in its share price" within the next six months. Mad Catz received the …
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to Hitman merchandise
When developer IO Interactive announced that Hitman was going episodic, it came as something of a surprise. The studio then released six episodes between March and October last year, sending the deadly Agent 47 on missions in exotic locations such as Sapienza, Marrakesh and Bangkok. In the end, the Square …
Read More »Obsidian announces Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire on Fig
Obsidian Entertainment has announced a new sequel to its smash hit RPG, Pillars of Eternity, and that it will be taking to crowd-funding and investment platform Fig to help finance the project. Entitled Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, the project has already met 86 per cent of its funding goal …
Read More »Jagex names Phil Mansell as COO and acting CEO
Mansell brings 18 years of industry experience to the role
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Improbable appoints new lead content editor
Improbable hires Dan Griliopoulos, Gina Jackson joins Imaginarium, mobile studio Sybo appoints Byron and Videogamer has a new editor. New lead content editor at Improbable Writer Dan Griliopoulos has joined Improbable as lead content editor. He’ll be directing Improbable’s content strategy as they build the next generation of virtual worlds. Previously, he’s worked as …
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