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Developer Infinity Ward cannot finish work on key elements of Call of Duty: Ghosts as it is yet to receive final next-gen hardware samples. Obviously we are in crazy early development and we will have to see how the consoles play out,” the game’s executive producer Mark Rubin told OPM. …
Read More »UPDATED: PS4 game RRP still not confirmed in Europe
UPDATE:Sony has contacted MCV to say that it has "not made any announcements about PS4 software pricing for the UK or Europe and will do at a later date". ORIGINAL STORY: PS4 games will be priced the same as PS3 games, Sony has confirmed. We have announced the pricing for …
Read More »Calcium Kid director heads to Jagex
Alex De Rakoff signs on as creative director for upcoming titles
Read More »Skylanders named licence of the year at LIMA Awards
Activision’s Skylanders property was last night named as best licensed programme of the year at LIMA’s International Excellence Awards. Held on the first day of Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, Skylanders also walked away with the award for best character or toy brand. Other big winners included The Very Hungry …
Read More »Nintendo dives into free-to-play with sub game
Steel Diver announced as Nintendo's first excursion into untested waters
Read More »XCOM: Enemy Unknown hits iOS this week at a relatively beefy price
Firaxis XCOM: Enemy Unknown hits iOS devices this Thursday, and it doesn’t intend to fit into the mobile platform pricing mold. The game will run for $19.99 and works on iPad 2 and beyond, iPhone4S and beyond, and fifth generation iPod touch devices. The relatively high price shouldn’t come as …
Read More »New-look Xbox 360 available now… if you can find it
Microsoft last week announced a new-look redesigned Xbox 360 that we were told was available straight away. Have you seen one on the High Street yet? Because MCV hasn’t. Nor can it find anyone that has. In fact, after having a quick look online we found that just GAME and …
Read More »Australian Govt gives $6m to boost local indies
Arts Minister pledges to support 'new generation of creative entrepreneurs'
Read More »Killer Instinct’s limited character roster suited to the modern gamer, MS says
Free-to-play Xbox One fighter Killer Instinct won’t have an expansive character roster. And rightly so, argues Microsoft. "Most fighting games that come out are disc based games where you get a huge cast of awesome characters, but it is a massive cast," Microsoft producer Torin Rettig told Polygon. "Some games …
Read More »Latest ESA survey shows rise in diversity of gamers
Essential Facts infographic shows rise in age and diversity of gamers
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