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Read More »Ubisoft boss: ‘We are the best future for the company’
A defiant Ubisoft united at E3 last week as the threat of a Vivendi takeover increases. At the end of the firm’s pre-E3 press conference, Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot took to the stage – flanked by several of his biggest developers – and told the assembled media that the freedom …
Read More »PlayStation and Xbox speak out about their E3 announcements in this week’s MCV
E3 2016 is notreallyover yet. In this week’s MCV, PlayStation’s Jim Ryan and Xbox’s Dave McCarthy discuss what they showed at this year’s E3. We also picked out our favourite games from this year’s show. We also talk to DICE creative director Lars Gustavsson about why the First World War …
Read More »Brexit: The reaction
MCV asked on Twitter how the industry felt about Britain’s decision to leave the EU. Seeing as our Twitter feed yesterday seemed to suggest that the country would vote to stay by a ratio of about 9,000,000,000-to-1, it’s not really a shock that most people are concerned. UKIE head Jo …
Read More »The UK games industry faces up to Brexit
Britain has, by a very narrow margin, voted to leave the EU – and video games companies across the country are waking up to a potentially huge challenge. Just last week MCV revealed that the sector was very much in favour of remaining. UKIE’s most recent survey found that only …
Read More »Multiplay reveals four-day League of Legends festival
Another ‘fest’ will take place at August’s Insomnia58 event, organiser Multiplayhas announced. League Fest will take over a 6,500 square metre hall at Birmingham’s NEC and run from August 26th to 29th. The festival will feature live tournaments featuring former pro players, merchandise, cosplay and ‘special guests’. Tickets will start …
Read More »New God of War game influenced by cancelled Star Wars TV show
Sony’s new God of War title appears to have been influenced by stories from a galaxy far, far away. Speaking to GamesBeat, the game’s creative director Cory Barlog said that the new God of War’s more thoughtful and quiet tone was influenced by a cancelled Star Wars TV series. Barlog …
Read More »VR needs a defining title, Warner Interactive president says
The industry is still waiting for the game that will set the VR pulse racing with consumers. That’s according to Warner Bros Interactive president David Haddad, who hopes that VR’s first big hit is just around the corner. If you look at platforms and how they scale and when they …
Read More »Dino Dini’s Kick Off Revival is a PlayStation exclusive for six months
The new version of Kick Off is only exclusive to PlayStation platforms for six months, it has been confirmed. The PlayStation exclusivity was announced back in October, but the six-month period was only confirmed yesterday toVideogamerby a spokesperson for the game. Publisher Maximum Games did not specify any release date …
Read More »Rez Infinite will be a PlayStation VR launch title
The launch of PlayStation VR will be bolstered by the day one presence of a fan favourite. Developer Enhance Games has confirmed that Rez Infinite will be a launch title for the device on October 13th. Rez Infinite was announced last December. It’s a reworking of the original running at …
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