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Dark Souls II is heading to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles next year, publisher Bandai Namco has announced. The re-release of From Software’s challenging action-RPG sequel will launch on Sony and Microsoft’s latest hardware in April 2015. The title will carry new in-game events, item descriptions and additional NPCs …

The first episode of Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series will indeed launch next month, according to the game’s pre-order page on Steam. The new listing of the game’s PC and Mac versions on the distributor reveals specs, along with a December launch window for the first of the …

Devolver Digital’s pigeon dating simulator – yes, pigeon dating simulator – is getting a PS4 and Vita release next year. The game, which was released earlier this year on PC, is based on Hato Moa‘s visual novel and has already won itself a cult following. I never dreamt when I …

Facebook’s VP of content and media partnerships has offered a somewhat unsual assessment of what the future of technology has in store. "If you think about the trends in computing technology over the last 50 years, we went from mainframe computers – which were very impersonal and distant – to …

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MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, we say Halo to a new wireless gaming mouse and check out a killer Assassin’s Creed headset bundle Limited Edition Halo Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 While Halo: The Master Chief Collection may not currently be set …

A Ukrainian Starcraft II player has been disqualified from an eSports tournament for threatening to rape a female opponent on social media. Gonna rape some girl soon #fragbitemasters,” Mihaylo Hayda tweeted ahead of his scheduled match against Swedish counterpart Madeleine Leander, according to Deadspin. Leander later wrote: He is one …

A book that suggested Barbie would need the help of men to code a video game has been criticised by its own publisher. ‘Barbie: I Can Be A Computer Engineer’ featured the following exchange: Your robot puppy is so sweet,” says Skipper. Can I play your game?”I’m only creating the …

Only eight days left to book your space at next’s week Games Industry Christmas Quiz. This year the quiz is being organised by the MCV and Develop teams, so retailers and publishers will be contending with games developers, too. The quiz takes place on December 2nd at Minster Exchange, starting …

A version of popular iPhone RPG series Infinity Blade is apparently in production for Xbox One in China. Kotaku reports that a number of Chinese gaming outlets are reporting that the game is being developed by Tencent, which itself owns 40 per cent of Infinity Blade developer Epic Games. Also …