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1m PS4 consoles have now been sold in France, the firm has announced. The milestone follows the UK and then Germany. UK shifted 1m PS4 units in September, followed by Germany in November. PS4 sailed past 1m sales in France on December 17th, which makes the console the fastest-selling games …
Read More »Around the world with MCV: Your free international games guide 2014
This year’s guide to the international games market is now available to read online for free. MCV has published a comprehensive – and free – booklet that acts as a guide to a number of territories around the world, from Italy to Sri Lanka. Around the World with MCV, in …
Read More »PS4 Dragon Quest Metal Slime Edition sees Sony hardware sales rocket in Japan
A limited edition version of Sony’s PS4 saw the console increase sales by a factor of five week-on-week in Japan last week, Famitsu data reveals. Sales of the machine climbed from 13,040 to 64,017 units in the week ending December 14th following the launch of the Dragon Quest Metal Slime …
Read More »MCV’s 12 Games of Christmas: Disney Infinity 2.0
Kids can go on adventures and build their own worlds in Disney Infinity, which was a real hit when the franchise first arrived in 2013. Featuring a host of iconic Disney characters – from Mickey Mouse to Captain Jack Sparrow – the original title has sold through 3m units. This …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed: Unity’s fourth patch brings fresh problems
Assassin’s Creed firm Ubisoft continues to release patches and updates to fix its latest release, but it’s a slow and frustrating process for consumers. The latest patch – which focuses on improving the frame rate in Assassin’s Creed Unity and revamping areas of Paris that were causing problems –weighs in …
Read More »Was Black Friday a good thing?
PlayStation UK and Ireland boss Fergal Gara discusses the recent pre-Christmas sales bonanza and the 20th anniversary of PlayStation… Well what an amazing couple of weeks for the games industry. It’s almost exactly one year since the launch of two new consoles and perhaps, all across the industry, we were …
Read More »You thought it was all over, but PES is back
There was a time, back in the days of PS2, when the match between Konami and EA’s football titles was a real top-of-the-table clash. It was Pro Evolution Soccer, the purist’s game of choice, versus FIFA, the game that had all the big name licences. And while the latter might …
Read More »Patch problems continue for Assassin’s Creed Unity
Ubisoft issues 6.7GB patch for troubled triple-A game, error creates 40GB download for Xbox One owners
Read More »Jagex and Hasbro to close Transformers Universe
Game now in maintenance period before January 31st shutdown
Read More »Playstation’s hunt for the next big indie hit
Shahid Ahmad, senior business development manager at Sony Europe, has been one of the driving forces behind PlayStation’s thriving indie movement for the last two and a half years, having signed recent and upcoming hits including Thomas Was Alone, OlliOlli, Fez, Hotline Miami and No Man’s Sky. Matthew Jarvis sees …
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