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The MCV team have returned from E3 to reveal the true winner of the show and dictaphone filled with interviews. For our first issue back, we have put together a full and detailed interview with Sony Computer Entertainment’s Jim Ryan and Fergal Gara about PS4, Vita and continued support for …
Read More »Bleszinski: Console digital shift still happening
Microsoft and Sony will implement slow and subtle move to online on next-gen hardware
Read More »Sony doesn’t want to harm ‘fragile retail’
PlayStation has vowed not to risk damaging the ‘fragile’ UK retail market with new business models. The firm responded to Xbox One’s sales restrictions, which could have impact trade-ins. But Microsoft has since changed its mind on its new policies following a consumer backlash. PS4’s business model remains the same …
Read More »Sony reveals G.I.R.L. scholarship winner
Esther Wu picks up $10,000 prize and ten week paid internship at SOE
Read More »OPINION: Why India desperately needs a dedicated trade body for gaming
It was in 2011 that I first met Yasuhiro Fukushima and his team from Japan. The venue was the food court at a mall in suburban Mumbai; not the sort of place I’d have expected to meet the honorary chairman of Square Enix, but he was on a tight schedule. …
Read More »Phil Fish lashes out at ‘anti-indie’ Xbox One policies
Fez creator says he won't bring sequel to Microsoft consoles
Read More »Eidos confirms Thief for current consoles alongside next-gen launch
Eidos Montreal’s Thief reboot will launch simultaneously on PC, current and next-gen consoles when it arrives next year. The studio’s community manager Adam Badke and the title’s senior producer Stephane Roy announced the info as part of a developer video. The core gameplay of Thief on current-gen and next-gen consoles …
Read More »Retailer lists PS4 for November 13th launch
A European retailer may have let slip the release date for Sony’s next-generation console. The poster below, spotted by a NeoGAF member in the Amsterdam branch of games specialist Media Markt, suggests that PlayStation 4 would be on sale from November 13th. Sony already promised that the device would be …
Read More »Bleszinski: Sony forced Xbox One changes, not the internet
Changes mean consumers can expect more 'tacked on' multiplayer modes and DLC, says Gears of War creator
Read More »Xbox One re-overtakes PS4 on Amazon bestseller charts
What a difference a day makes. Earlier this month Xbox One was tracking ahead of PS4 in Amazon’s video games bestselling charts. Then E3 happened and everything changed. Just hours after Sony’s victorious E3 press event Sony’s machine overtook Microsoft’s amid stories of cancelled pre-orders. Now, just hours after Microsoft …
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