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Alienware has announced its plans to launch Steam Machines every year, in order to mimic the lifecycles of consoles. Alienware GM Frank Azor confirmed the plans toTrustedReviews, commenting that, like the consoles produced by Sony and Microsoft, the hardware of Alienware’s Steam Machines would be locked. Gamers wanting to play …
Read More »Play Arts Metal Gear Solid V figure unlikely to quell eroticism concerns
A photo of an upcoming Play Arts Metal Gear Solid figurine has reignited the ‘eroticism’ debate sparked off by Hideo Kojima last September. The pic, of the Play Arts take on Metal Gear Solid V’s Quiet, shows that the character has certainly not been toned down since details of her …
Read More »Interview: BattleCry seeking new recruits
Former BioWare exec Rich Vogel is currently heading up new Bethesda-owned studio BattleCry, and tells Develop more about how the Austin-based firm plans to expand
Read More »UPDATE: Growing reports of PS4 data corruption error
A thread on the PlayStation forum regarding a specific data corruption error is pointing towards a problem for Sony’s machine. Currently standing at 36 pages long, the thread focuses on the CE-34878-0 error. The sisue doesn’t seem specific to any particular title and has manifested for players of various games …
Read More »UPDATE: Borderlands 2 dated on Vita
2K Games’ Borderlands 2 finally has a firm release date on PlayStation Vita. The publisher has confirmed that the game will launch in the US on March 18th. There’s no word yet on a UK or European date. Friday March 21st seems like a logical guess, although that could mean …
Read More »First Xbox One price cut appears online
Xbox One is the subject of a price cut for the first time by a UK online retailer. Zavvi currently has the standard version of the console available for just 409.99. That’s 20 off the SKU’s RRP and is – as far as MCV aware – the cheapest the machine …
Read More »Publishers demanding console price cuts next month – report
Sony and Microsoft will cut the price of PS3 and Xbox 360 next month, a US analyst has claimed. Speaking in the latest episode of Bonus Round (as transcribed by DualShockers) Michael Pachter claims that publishers will threaten to pull support for the machines unless there is a price cut. …
Read More »Get That Job Daily: How to be a lead gameplay programmer
Massive Entertainment’s Jesper Carlson discusses the key skills needed for his role in programming
Read More »Tomb Raider has finally broken even
Square Enix’s Tomb Raider reboot has finally recouped its development costs. The game arrived in March 2013 and debuted at No.1 in the UK charts, becoming the then most successful launch of the year in the process. But despite sales of 3.4m copies in its first three weeks it fell …
Read More »Eight No.1’s and counting for FIFA 14
EA’s FIFA 14 is No.1 yet again this week, marking the eighth time it has topped the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It’s the largest number of top spots a single title has claimed since the 10 weeks achieved by Zumba Fitness back in 2011. The top four …
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