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A press release from eSports firm Gfinity has seemingly let slip some up to date Xbox One sales data. In discussing its new Xbox One Tournament Builder App, CEO Neville Upton references the agreement’s ability to enable us to reach Xbox One’s 18 million users globally”. The last official sales …
Read More »Microsoft ‘testing a variety of prototype Xbox devices’
A revamped PS4 seems inevitable. Whether Microsoft has a similar plan for Xbox One remains a matter for debate, but another source has said that’s exactly what’s happening. The Verge reports that sources close to Microsoft reckon the platform holder has been testing a variety of prototype Xbox devices”, and …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Square Enix strengthens its communications team
Colette Barr andSunil Godhania will focus on Final Fantasy, Toxic hires a new editor and Activision promotes Philip Earl to EVP international. Square Enix strengthens its communications team Square Enix Europe has expanded its PR and community team with two new hires. Colette Barr has made the move from agency …
Read More »The big gamble: Why Fierce Kaiju risked it all on virtual reality
Studio co-founder Paul Colls reflects on the team's first two years of VR development
Read More »Sega seeking indie hits at next month’s Interface
Japanese publishing giant Sega is the latest publisher to sign up to our upcoming Interface event, and will be looking for new titles to bring to market. Interface will take place at St Mary’s Church, Marylebone, London on Thursday, May 5th. The event centres around a private one-to-one meeting system …
Read More »Sega signing games at Interface next month
Sonic publisher seeking indie titles in London on May 5th
Read More »Gears of War 4 dev: Consumers think beta means highly-polished demo
The studio head of Gears of War 4 developer The Coalition has said the industry has ‘twisted’ what multiplayer betas mean. Speaking to MCV, Rod Fergusson said that thanks to the industry’s misuse of the word, when consumers see ‘beta’, they think it means ‘demo’. The studio head said The …
Read More »Microsoft discontinues the Xbox 360
The end of the line has come, perhaps surprisingly early, for Xbox 360. Microsoft has announced that it is ending production of the console just over ten years after it arrived. Once current supplies have gone, that will be it. Xbox 360 means a lot to everyone in Microsoft. And …
Read More »PS4 Neo could usher in new 1080p-minimum era
Further rumours about Sony’s upcoming PS4 upgrade point to a possible forced alteration to how some developers make their games. Yesterday a Giant Bomb story shed new light on the mystery hardware, which apparently carries the internal name ‘PS4 Neo’. Now Videogamer reports that the Giant Bomb podcast has released …
Read More »Peter Jackson thinks AR, not VR, is the next big leap
It will be augmented reality, and not virtual reality, that will prove to be the next big technological leap, the director of The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy has said. Peter Jackson, who sits on the advisory board of American AR startup Magic Leap, told Wired that the technology …
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