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Sony has released the first ever gameplay footage of upcoming PS4 outing Bloodborne. The game isn’t a sequel to either PS3 original Demon’s Souls or From’s multiplatform follow up Dark Souls, but clearly doesn’t stray too far from the successful formula. There are differences, though. The setting is quite distinct, …

We round up the biggest news and themes from last night’s press briefing in Cologne

Call of Duty publisher kicking off indie line-up with new King’s Quest and Geometry Wars

The first ever MCV @ Gamescom is available for you to read for free right now. You can read it in your browser here, or get it via the MCV App on iPad. Of course, if you are at Gamescom, you can pick a physical copy of the publication up …

Melbourne's Freeplay festival details its delay to 2015 and highlights new focus for upcoming 2014 events.

Sony has unveiled a whole host of previously unannounced games, including P.T., The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, Hollowpoint, Rime, Snow and more. P.T. was announced with the release of an ‘interactive teaser’, available now on the PlayStation Store. The trailer itself largely involved reaction shots of scared-looking individuals screaming while …

Microsoft may have impressed with its Gamescom 2014 presentation, but Sony stepped up to steal this year’s Cologne show. The string of announcements was impressive, and while it may not have matched Microsoft’s big ‘wow’ moment in announcing the single platform capture of a big formerly multi-platform IP, it instead …

Famed developer Michel Ancel has announced a brand new PlayStation title called Wild. Speaking at Gamescom, Ancel said the title would have an open world potentially as big as Europe” in which players are free to play both as humans and as any living creature. The video shown saw humans, …

The second season of Killer Instinct will begin in October, developer Iron Galaxy has revealed. The initial release will include two new fighters – TJ Combo and Maya – along with some interface changes to the game. Six additional fighters will arrive after that, with one arriving each month. KI: …

Housemarque is returning to the PS4 with new IP Alienation. The developer previously released the digital-only game Resogun as a PlayStation 4 launch title, as well as a series of Super Stardust titles on the PS3 and PSP. Like those titles, Alienation, which was announced on-stage at Sony’s conference by …