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Could 2002’s GameCube horror game Eternal Darkness be resurrected for a Nintendo Switch release? Judging by Nintendo of America’s recent extension of the Eternal Darkness trademark, it’s possible we might finally see it resurface on Nintendo’s upcoming console. According to NicheGamer, Nintendo filed the trademark extension on December 20th with …
Read More »Leak suggests Beyond Good and Evil 2 could be Switch exclusive
Leak from Laura K Dale, who has previously leaked accurate Nintendo Switch information
Read More »Activision’s latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game disappears from digital stores
Activision and Platinum Games’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan has disappeared from digital storefronts. As reported by Eurogamer, the title is no longer available to purchase from PlayStation Network, Xbox Games Store or Steam. Mutants in Manhattan launched in May 2016 after a January reveal. The site also …
Read More »Norwegian studio Artplant buy Project IGI brand from Square Enix
Project IGI to be pulled out of retirement for one last mission
Read More »Ghost Recon Wildlands: Everything you need to know, release date, price, pre-order deals and merchandise
Ghost Recon used to be one of Ubisoft’s biggest names but its absence since 2012 shows it’s slipped somewhat into the shadows – with Far Cry being the company’s go-to shooter franchise in recent years. That may be all about to change, though, with the release of Ghost Recon Wildlands …
Read More »Horizon Zero Dawn: Everything you need to know, release date, price, pre-order deals, PS4 Pro support and merchandise
Guerrilla Games’ is best known for its series of Killzone games, but in 2017 the studio will be attempting something completely new and different. Enter Horizon: Zero Dawn, an action RPG that sees heroine Aloy journey across a vast post-apocalyptic universe where huge, mechanical dinosaurs and strange robotic creatures roam …
Read More »MCV signs off for Christmas – have a great holiday and Happy New Year!
To say 2016 was an eventful year would be a huge understatement. If Brexit, the US presidential elections and the disheartening November game sales figures didn’t paint a bleak enough picture, then the closure of iconic studios such as Lionhead and the shuttering of several Crytek outfits have certainly left …
Read More »Super Mario Run hits 50m downloads
Nintendo has announced that iOS platformer Super Mario Run has now been downloaded 50m times. It has hit the number within a week of release. On Wednesday Nintendo revealed that the game was downloaded over 40m times in its first four days. At the time that made it the fastest …
Read More »Nintendo wins triple the search volume of PlayStation and Xbox
Three times as many internet searches were made for Nintendo-related terms than were for either PlayStation or Xbox in the US through 2016. That’s according to SimilarWeb, as reported by VentureBeat. The data includes searches for things such as Pokemon, although it wasn’t Pokemon Go that caused the biggest spike …
Read More »The Dragon, Cancer dev releases new title for Google Daydream
Numinous Studios has surprised by the industry by releasing its second game out of the blue. It’s called Untethered and, perhaps more surprisingly, is exclusive to the Google Daydream VR system. It’s best described as a mystery game with a comic twist and has players speaking to people calling into …
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