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Nintendo’s long-awaited smartphone debut, Super Mario Run, is topping the charts in a large number of countries following its release yesterday. Bloomberg reports that the game topped the Free download ranking in 68 countries. However, the Top Grossing chart is a different story – it’s only winning that race in …
Read More »LEGO Worlds UK price and release date confirmed
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment has announced the UK release date and price for its upcoming sandbox game, LEGO Worlds. Developed by TT Games and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, LEGO Worlds will launch on February 24th 2017 for PS4, Xbox One and Steam at a suggested retail price of …
Read More »Twitch loosens guidelines with new IRL category
Twitch has today launched a brand new content category called IRL. Designed to enable Twitch creators to share content from their everyday lives in addition to traditional gameplay videos, Twitch hopes IRL will encourage users to interact with their fans more closely and create tighter-knit communities. Twitch says the category …
Read More »Valkyria Revolution release date confirmed for Q2 2017
Valkyria Revolution, the follow-up to Sega’s 2008 PS3 game Valkyria Chronicles, will be launching on PS4, Xbox One and the PS Vita in Q2 2017 in Europe and the US. The game will be launching both physically and digitally on PS4 and Xbox One, while the PS Vita version will …
Read More »MCV’s 2016 Annual Retail Survey
MCV has spoken to over 170 indie and big-chain games retailers about the year’s ups and downs. These included GAME, Amazon, The Hut Group, GamesNation, GameSeek, Sholing Video, Discover, The Game Collection, Games Centre, Eclipse Home Entertainment, Barkman Computers, Console Magic, Chips, Playtime Video Games, Shogun Games, Insane Games, Game …
Read More »MCV’s Review of the Year – Part 3: Events of 2016
Here’s our take on the big events in the games industry this year. Big themes in 2016 included the fallout of Brexit (or lack of), the rise of eSports as a commercial force to be reckoned with, the tarnishing of a few reputations on YouTube, and much, much more. Hope …
Read More »Former Crytek artist is crowdfunding a lawsuit
One of the workers left out of pocket by the recent troubles at developer Crytek has turned to GoFundMe to try and take the studio to court. FX artist Ludvig Lindqvist claims to have not been paid by Crytek Frankfurt for two months, leading to his resignation last week. Ever …
Read More »Pokemon Go was Google’s most searched term in 2016
It was the year of Donald Trump and Brexit and Bowie and Prince and political lies and mainstream racism, but it was Pokemon Go that got internet users hottest under the collar in 2016. Google has revealed that Pokemon Go was the most searched term on its site last year. …
Read More »1bn Yahoo accounts compromised in world’s biggest data breach
Internet giant Yahoo has admitted that around one billion accounts were likely compromised in a 2013 data breach. You may be thinking that you’ve read this story before. Yahoo confirmed a few months ago that around half a billion accounts were hacked in 2014, but it looks – astonishingly – …
Read More »Real Betis joins VFO eSports league
Spanish football club Real Betis has signed three FIFA team captains in order to build a team for the upcoming VFO eSports league. The league features three 11v11 competitions, one for PS4, one for PC and one for Xbox One. Betis has signed Antonio “Tasteya” Coto to lead the PS4 …
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