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Today’s news of Nintendo’s long-awaited move into mobile gaming will provide a lift to the company’s ongoing hardware aspirations. That’s according to IHS’ head of games research Piers Harding-Rolls. The Nintendo-DeNA alliance is a good fit and offers up a number of important synergies for two companies that are no …

MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, we investigate Nvidia’s living room debut and hook up with GameCube controllers on Wii U and PC Nvidia Shield Nvidia’s Android gaming platform is coming to the living room in the form of the Nvidia Shield. …

Bandai Namco’s latest Dragon Ball title Xenoverse has shipped 1.5m units globally. The game launched on February 27th for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. It debuted at third place in the GfK Chart-Track Top 40. It also topped the global Steam charts for the week …

Modern Warfare lead designer Todd Alderman returns as multiplayer project director

Portugal is a fast-growing European region for games, despite a recent withdrawal of games retail in the area. According to the latest Video Games in Europe Consumer Study, conducted by data analytics outlet Ipsos MediaCT in partnership with industry trade body ISFE, 40 per cent of Portugal’s population engages with …

The next entry in EA’s military shooter series takes the action to a local level, pitting cops against criminals. MCV steals a glance at upcoming merchandise for Battlefield Hardline EA’s Battlefield franchise has seen multiple incarnations over the last 13 years, and is probably the closest competitor to Activision’s giant …

EA’s mobile publishing label Chillingo has set up shop in China in EA’s Shanghai office. The new studio – Chillingo China – will be publishing mobile titles over Chinese app stores, as well as bringing ‘culturised’ games from the region to the global market. China represents a tremendous growth opportunity, …

Developer event heading to Amsterdam on June 24th

Accessories 4 Technology has signed on as Table Gift partner for this year’s MCV Awards. We here at A4T are delighted to be sponsoring the MCV Awards this year, and we really do hope that a good time will be had by all in attendance," commented Laura Unsworth, brand manager …

EA has announced Rory McIlroy PGA Tour, ushering in a new Tiger Woods-less era for the golf series. The publisher parted company with the troubled Woods in late 2013 and 2014 was the first year since 1993 that EA hadn’t released a golf title. Now, Northern Irish world No.1 Rory …