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The complete list of announced games that will comprise Sony’s line-up for the Tokyo Game Show later this month has been revealed. As reported by Gematsu, titles include Bloodborne, Resident Evil: Revelations 2, Disgaea 5, The Order: 1886, LittleBigPlanet 3, PES 2015 and Earth Defense Force 4.1 on PS4 while …

Warner Bros has filed a series of trademarks for what reportedly could be a digital retail and streaming platform. The Escapist reports that the filings for ‘WB Play’ concern a number of activities such as ‘online retail store services’, ‘audio and video broadcasting services’ and ‘downloadable virtual goods’. Of the …

Ahead of its official worldwide release tomorrow, Destiny has claimed a big UK sales milestone. Retailer GAME says that the Activision shooter has become its most pre-ordered new IP ever – not a bad achievement considering that it comes less than ten months into the new console cycle. We look …

The Amazon Fire Phone may only be available via O2 in the UK. That’s according to The Financial Times, which says that Amazon is in advanced talks” with O2. If true, the agreement would mirror that which in the US saw Fire Phone available only through AT&T. Regardless, Fire Phone …

Playing titles competitively is becoming an increasingly desirable career for many gamers. MCV looks at the pro-gaming products you should be stocking You’ve seen it online, you’ve read it in the very pages of MCV – eSports is big business. The rapid explosion of interest in gamers playing and watching …

Upcoming Wii U title was once a far more traditional Legend of Zelda experience. That all changed, however, once Nintendo’s development boss Shigeru Miyamoto intervened. At first, when [Koei Tecmo development producer] Hayashi-san approached me, he wanted to make this title closer to a Zelda game than a Dynasty Warriors …

Three leading experts in video games merchandise will discuss the future of this booming sector at Games Retail 2020. The September 16th event will look at the future of games retailing and takes place at BAFTA in Central London. You can book your tickets here. The merchandise panel will include …

A dedicated controller designed to suit the needs of virtual reality titles could well be in development at Oculus Rift. Having claimed that traditional joypads [aren’t] necessarily the right input for what you said, rich interactions in virtual reality” Oculus founder Palmer Luckey was asked by Polygon when Oculus would …