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Xbox One and PS4 are retailing for well below 300, as the price war between the consoles continues. Xbox announced last week that UK retailers would be lowering the cost of its console to 299.99 but some stores have gone even lower – GameStop is selling the system for under …

Upcoming movie Pixel will be joined by an associated mobile game from Bandai Namco. The free-to-play title takes the Sony Pictures Entertainment film and turns it into a tower defence title. Notably it will, like the movie, star characters from across the publisher spectrum including Pac-Man, Frogger and Q*bert. "With …

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Xbox UK has trumped rival PlayStation in the Sales Team category at this year’s MCV Awards. The outlet was revealed as the winner of the closely-fought prize at last night’s industry celebration. Chief among Xbox’s determining factors as the finest sales team of 2014 was its smart deal-making over the …

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This year’s MCV Awards saw the introduction of three brand new company prizes – and three inaugural victors to match. The Agency Team trophy honoured the best external PR efforts of the last 12 months, with Indigo Pearl’s (pictured) big year winning over projects from the likes of EA, Oculus …

Following its digital release on PC in February, Gearbox’s Homeworld Remastered is getting a physical release next month. While self-published on digital, Ubisoft has stepped up to provide digital publishing duties for the game, which will be available exclusively from GAME from May 8th. The retail version includes remasters of …

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Having dominated last year’s MCV Awards, 2015’s industry celebration saw PlayStation UK’s marketing team triumph once again. The platform holder claimed victory in this year’s Marketing Team and Trade Marketing Team categories, taking home the prizes for both. The former award was handed out by IGN’s Dan Kilby (pictured, right), …

Square Enix is expected to announce a number of redundancies from its UK office. The firm is attempting to improve its Western performance, and has told MCV that an undisclosed number of staff in the UK have been placed on consultation. MCV understands multiple PR and sales employees are amongst …