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One of the main targets of the #GamerGate hate campaign has said that ‘defeating’ the movement would be an historic victory for the games industry. The effect defeating Gamergate would have is incalculable, one of this field’s most historic moments, remembered as the moment games development said: ‘This is going …

MCV has teamed up with Xbox to look back at the legacy of one of the platform’s biggest franchises – Halo. As Halo: The Master Chief Collection brings remastered versions of Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo 2, Halo 3 and Halo 4 to the Xbox One, the first entry in the …

Characters in WoW studio's new FPS designed to make all players feel "equally represented"

Some may be calling it the worst first party console launch of all time, but that hasn’t stopped digital buyers flocking to DriveClub. The game has topped the PSN sales chart in Europe for October, topping previous chart-topper Minecraft and beating second place newcomer Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. It may …

Women are underrepresented in the sector, but what is turning more away from joining?

As revealed by MCV earlier today, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare has bettered the week one sales numbers of predecessor Ghosts, grabbing the UK No.1 in the process. In doing so it becomes the fifth biggest Call of Duty launch in the UK. Advanced Warfare’s week one unit sales beat …

This year’s London Games Conference on November 19th will have a number of high profile speakers from around the games industry sharing their knowledge. Buzzfeed UK’s creative director Philip Byrne talks to MCV about some of the site’s marketing campaigns and what we can expect from his talk at this …

Revised model costs £15 and features multiple improvements

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was bigger in its first week than Call of Duty: Ghosts. That’s according to Activision based on GfK Chart-Track figures and its internal digital numbers. We are still awaiting the official report from the stat tracker to confirm the claim. It’s actually a little hard …

The convenience of the digital revolution comes at a price – publishers are able to mess with your products AFTER you buy them. Rockstar Nexus reports that an update to the Steam version of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has retroactively removed 17 tracks from the game’s radio stations. The …