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Xbox One will as of today once again cost $349 in the US. The machine was discounted from $399 to $349 back in November but was after Christmas once again raised to full price. It was a strategy that proved successful, too, allowing the machine to reverse a prolonged period …

Microsoft’s Xbox One was the best-selling console in the US throughout December 2014, the platform holder has revealed. It mirrors not only the success it had the month before but also in December 2013. It also sold more games than PS4 throughout the period and average weekly sales were better …

This is it, your final chance; less than nine hours remain to getyour lobbying infor the 2015 MCV Awards. Lobbying for the 2015 MCV Awards ends today,Friday, January 16th at 5pm. That’s right: if you want to put forward your suggestions for this year’s accolades – including Games Retailer, New …

Ahead of its plan to build the UK’s first eSports arena, Gfinity has inked commercial deals with two marketing outlets. Sports marketing agency Pitch International will become the exclusive commercial agency for the debut Gfinity Championships event. The Championships will take place between March and September of this year, pitting …

Writing MCV opinion pieces can, at times, feel like smashing my head against the proverbial brick wall. I know I must sound like a record trapped on repeat, but the data and information this industry is giving out just isn’t good enough. Not to dismiss Chart-Track’s figures. The retail data …

The Australian Classification Board has refused to classify Hotline Miami 2, effectively banning the game from the country. Kotaku reports that the board’s report cites the inclusion of violent sexual imagery that it believed alluded to rape – which, incidentally, has previously caused controversy, with developer Dennation having hinted at …

The hunt for music to use in your latest stream has just got a little easier. Streaming video service Twitch has launched music.twitch.tv, a library currently consisting of over 500 songs that have all been cleared for broadcasters to use in both live and archived video footage. None of the …

Surprise! FIFA 15, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and GTA V were the best-selling games of 2014. The usual suspects dominated the charts, but there was also some interesting changes. For once, Ubisoft had the most games on the charts with 12, followed by EA with nine. It was also …

New Year, New Job 2015: Bigpoint's Marcus Behrens hired as publishing director

The phenomenon that is Minecraft now has 12 world records. IGN reports that the entries can be found in the Guinness Book of World Records 2015: Gamer’s Edition, although it’s probably not fair to say the game has 12 world records – by our count only four of them are …