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Read More »Overwatch scoops five awards at Golden Joysticks
Blizzard’s Overwatch was the big winner at the 2016 Golden Joystick Awards, claiming more prizes than any other title. The multiplayer shooter won Best Original Game, Best Multiplayer Game, Competitive Game of the Year, Best Gaming Moment, and PC Game of the Year. The Witcher 3, meanwhile claimed three gongs …
Read More »Bethesda Pinball is real and on the way
Zen Studios has announced a partnership with Bethesda for three pinball tables based on some of its biggest IP. The tables, presumably on the way to PinballFX 2, will be themed on Skyrim, Fallout and Doom. Explore the secrets of the post-nuclear wasteland in a world decimated by atomic war, …
Read More »Government educational adviser speaks out against Minecraft in schools
Draws widespread criticism for suggesting "We need to drain the swamp of gimmicks."
Read More »Updated: Call of Duty holds off Watch Dogs 2 to retain No.1
Updated: Ubisoft has since reached out to MCV concerning Watch Dogs 2’s boxed sales performance in the UK thus far. Original story: Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs 2 has failed to capture the top spot in its first week of release. The publisher had previously admitted that pre-orders for the title had …
Read More »Compatible Xbox 360 games re-released in Xbox One boxes
Microsoft is making the most of its market-leading backwards compatibility feature by delving into its Xbox 360 back catalogue. As spotted on Reddit, some games (in this instance, Fallout 3 and Doom 3) have been reprinted and put into an Xbox One style box. The cover banner has both the …
Read More »Version management – innovative studios explain why it is so critical to successful game development
Sven Erik Knop of Perforce Software asks game studios their best practices in managing the versions of their projects
Read More »Niantic, Twitch, Koch Media and Take-Two headline this week’s MCV
This week, we talk to the firm behind the Pokmon Go phenomenon. Having struck gold with the title, Niantic tells MCV about putting AR on the map and its plans for the mobile blockbuster. Elsewhere, Twitch discusses convention coverage, streaming from within VR and even social eating. We also talk …
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to Skyrim merchandise
Speaking to MCV earlier this year, Bethesda’s PR and marketing chief Pete Hines said that Dishonored 2 was the most important thing for the publisher this year. But what about Skyrim’s remastered edition? Even though I think Skyrim is going to do tremendously well, I don’t think we need to …
Read More »Hamburg games studio Sviper raises second funding round
Plans to use the money to staff up, market their first game and fund the second
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