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Rod Henwood has been named as the new CEO of kids’ virtual world BinWeevils. Henwood, an existing BinWeevils board director, succeeds former CEO Richard Watney. He joins having recently served as the CEO of JK Rowling’s digital Harry Potter empire Pottermore. Before that he worked as new business director at …
Read More »UPDATED: Capcom cancels Resident Evil promo event
UPDATE: This event has been cancelled. A Capcom spokesperson has contacted MCV to say that the decision was given due to the unfortunate and tragic incident in Woolwich yesterday. It apologises for any inconvenience. ORIGINAL STORY: What is being called the first ever blood filled swimming pool” has been opened …
Read More »Mattrick: Backwards compatibility is ‘backwards’
Head of Xbox division claims only five percent of gamers play older console games on current gen
Read More »Sony considering split of entertainment and electronics divisions
The bigwigs at Sony are currently discussing a proposal to split the corporation’s entertainment and electronics divisions into two separate entities. Bloomberg reports the firm is considering whether or not to adopt billionaire investor Daniel Loeb’s proposal for an initial public offering of its entertainment business – which includes all …
Read More »FIFA 14 on PC won’t use next-gen Ignite engine
The Xbox One and PS4 versions of FIFA 14 will be powered by the next-gen EA SportsIgnite game engine, but the PC version will not, EA has confirmed. FIFA community manager Rob Hodsonon Tweeted, "Clarification for the PC related questions earlier – EA Sports Ignite will power FIFA 14 on …
Read More »Xbox Live gets Smart Match and ‘personalised’ Achievements
500GB non-removable HDD, but USB promised for expansion and storage capabilities
Read More »No self-publishing for indies on Xbox One
Matt Booty confirms independent developers cannot publish content themselves
Read More »Kinect 2 support coming to PC
Motion sensing hardware to break away from Xbox One
Read More »Battlefield 4 locked on for November release, Xbox One SKU confirmed
EA’s flagship shooter will be released this November for current-gen consoles, with Xbox One and PS4 versions to follow. Battlefield 4 will arrive on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on November 1st, while EA has said the game will "also be available" for Sony and Microsoft’s next gen consoles. There’s …
Read More »In Pictures: Xbox One revealed
See images and screenshots of Microsoft's vision for the future of living room entertainment
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