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From Software’s Souls series has garnered critical acclaim and a fervent fan following.Now the franchise has a spiritual successor in Bloodborne. MCV throws some light on the best merchandise for the games When Demon’s Souls launched on PS3 in Japan in 2009, no one expected it to be a smash …

Find out who Nintendo’s new partner DeNA is in this week’s double issue of MCV. We speak to the Japanese mobile giant to see what its plans are and why Nintendo was so eager to partner up with it. This issue also features interviews with Bandai Namco’s European president and …

Confession: The new games chart we just published is inaccurate. We couldn’t get all the data for all the games we wanted. Not everyone was willing to share. And yes, we know that’s the exact reason why an ‘official’ version of that chart doesn’t exist. But then again, the ‘UK …

Last week’s ‘official’ UK Top 10 chart would have been totally different if digital sales figures were taken into account. Key sources have shared data with MCV that underlines the disparity between ‘official’ charts and the still unmeasured digital world. The pressure is now mounting on the industry as a …

Nintendo’s change of mind in deciding to bring its titles to smartphones did not come about because the company believed it had run out of options. That’s according to director and president Satoru Iwata, who explained in a now translated transcription of a chat with investors the reasons behind his …

A new promotion surrounding the last four Pokmon titles is to kick off next Friday at GAME. From April 3rd, GAME customers will be able to walk into their local store and ask for a free code for the elusive Shiny Charizard, a special version of the iconic dragon monster …

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare brought in the most digital sales via consoles last month, beating out the likes of Grand Theft Auto V as well as new releases including Evolve and The Order. Games Industry reports on SuperData’s latest monthly digital console sales report, which shows a total of …

The second act of Kickstarter-backed adventure game Broken Age is nearing release, and developer Double Fine is marking the occasion by bringing the game to PS4 and PS Vita. The US PlayStation Blog reveals the full release of Broken Age will arrive in North America on the PlayStation Store on …

The Halo franchise is set to branch out into the free-to-play market, as 343 Industries has announced Halo Online for exclusive release in Russia on Windows PC. A new post on Halo Waypoint reveals that the game is currently in closed beta in the territory, and like Call of Duty …

Social experiment-meets-endurance test Twitch Plays Pokmon has finally completed its Pokdex, a year after it first went live. Launched back in February 2014, the live Twitch broadcast allowed viewers to input commands into a modified version of 1996 Game Boy title Pokmon Red. The stream, which attracted over 121,000 simultaneous …