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It looks like at least three Sony properties will have new game announcements alongside the PS4 next Wednesday. LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule has added a mysterious ?” to its list of titles on its website, the contents of which is an embedded YouTube video of Toyah Wilcox performing It’s a …
Read More »Killzone 4 for PS4 tipped for February 20th reveal
Sony’s February 20th PlayStation reveal will bring with it the first news of Killzone 4, rumours claim. VideoGamer says it has word from an industry source” that the Guerrilla Games developed title will be announced alongside the PS4 and will most likely be a launch window” title for the console. …
Read More »Dead Space 3 claims simple No.1
EA’s action horror title Dead Space 3 has, in the words of UKIE GfK Chart-Track, comfortably” claimed the No.1 spot this week. Nonetheless, sales of the game tracked 26.2 per cent lower than its predecessor Dead Space 2, which also claimed No.1. The Xbox 360 version of the new title …
Read More »Former Zynga Austin devs launch Bee Cave Games
Start-up gets $1.4m in funding and launches private beta of Blackjack Casino
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Future promote Nutter, top vacancies
In MCV’s weeklyrundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, Future’s Lee Nutter takes on a new role and we look at the best job opportunities. Nutter becomes Future group publisher Lee Nutterhas been promoted to the role of group publisher for the Entertainment Group. Nutter steps into the …
Read More »Activision predicts year-on-year decline for Call of Duty
The next Call of Duty – likely to be Modern Warfare 4 – will likely sell less than this year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II. That’s according to Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg. Remember, too, that while says of Black Ops II have picked up in regions such as …
Read More »Sega ‘lacked enough muscle’ to be acquired by Microsoft
Former VP of Windows sales opens up on long-rumoured takeover before the Xbox
Read More »Ubisoft sales rise as ACIII shatters records
Assassin's Creed III shifts 12 million copies while Far Cry 3 sells 4.5 million
Read More »Ni No Kuni rules PSN Top Ten
Namco Bandai’s Ni No Kuni wasn’t just last week’s top retail game, it was also the top seller on PSN. The stylish RPG beat GTA: Vice City (No.2) and Hitman HD Trilogy (No.3) in MCV’s weekly European PSN Top Ten. The chart includes sales for the week ending February 1st. …
Read More »Kotick: Rising next-gen dev costs inevitable
'In every single console transition we've seen an increase in expenditure'
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