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The MCV @ Gamescom International Daily will return this August. MCV @ Gamescom debuted last year, focusing on a daily magazine and extensive digital promotion. It included original editorial content on the big announcements and important themes at the annual event in Cologne, plus a show guide and details of …

Develop asks QA experts to explain the full repercussions of bug-ridden releases

Grand Theft Auto V’s jump from last-gen to next-gen appears to have brought with it a shift in the buying habits of UK gamers. Kantar Wordpanel’s Q1 UK retail report says that while the supermarkets claimed a 53.3 per cent share of GTA V’s physical sales when it was originally …

We talk to composers Joe Henson and Alexis Smith about their work on Creative Assembly's sci-fi horror hit

Grand Theft Auto V was this week’s No.1 game in the UK if digital numbers were included, MCV understands. This week’s GfK Chart-Track report reveals that Mortal Kombat X was the best-selling UK boxed game. But the data does not factor in sales on digital platforms such as Steam. PC …

Ultra Street Fighter IV is heading to PlayStation 4 next month as a digital offering, Sony and Capcom have announced. The PlayStation Blog reveals the digital edition of the game will arrive on the PS Store May 26th in both North America and Europe. It’ll cost $24.99. The PS4 release …

EA and DICE have released a new trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront, which will indeed arrive this November for PC and current-gen consoles. The unveiling confirms last week’s report regarding the Star Wars: Battlefront website’s source code leaking release info. Star Wars Battlefront will arrive on Windows PC, PlayStation 4 …

Valve has introduced a policy limiting Steam user accounts which have spent less than $5 on the digital distributor’s storefront. Steam users who have only activated a retail game on Steam, played a demo, added a non-Steam game as a shortcut, added a free-to-play game, or received a game as …

Xbox exec departs after three years at the company

Phil Harrison will leave Microsoft, the firm has confirmed. The former Sony exec joined Microsoft as European Corporate VP of Xbox in 2012, and was in charge of studios including Rare and Lionhead. That role now falls to Kudo Tsunoda. Following a successful tenure as Corporate Vice President in Xbox …