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City of Heroes and Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studios’ free-to-play MMO outing Neverwinter is coming to Xbox One. The game was mentioned yesterday as a launch title for Xbox One in China. Eurogamer notes that the official press release for the game mentions ‘consoles’ in the plural several times, …

Out of the current line-up of indie developers, Cliff Harris is among the longest serving. In his past he has worked for Lionhead of Fable fame, but now he is a lone gun. His outfit, Positech, is a stark contrast to that triple-A studio. On its website, you will see …

Is Assassin’s Creed: Rogue the name of the new AC title due for last-gen systems? Ubisoft has always insisted that while Assassin’s Creed: Unity will be a next-gen and PC only affair, the series would be gracing PS3 and Xbox 360 in 2014. Assassin’s Creed: Comet has for months been …

Sony’s PS4 is estimated to have outsold Microsoft’s Xbox One by a ratio of more than three-to-one in the quarter ending June 30th. As part of Sony’s financial report today, it also revealed that it sold a combined total of 3.5m PS4 and PS3 units in the period. And having …

This week, MCV takes a look PC code stripping and the effect that this is having on retailers. As well as a special investigation into this issue, lawyers Nicholas Murfett and Alex Tutty tell us about the legality of the issue. And in the build up to Gamescom, a number …

Crowdfunded Steam Early Access god game Maia has made more than $1m for indie developer Simon Roth. Speaking toDevelop, Roth said the money includes the 140,000raised through Kickstarterin November 2012, the $11,000 funding from Indiegogo, direct sales from his website and purchases of the Steam Early Access release. The developer …

We were eager to draw attention to the issue of grey PC game code selling this week because what started as a mild nuisance is quickly escalating into a major problem for the industry. There are hundreds of these code stripping stores now. Visit one of the numerous digital price …

Imagination Technologies asks Codemasters’ Dean Bilotti about getting the most out of mobile devices

One of the burning questions over the sale of grey market PC game codes is its legality. And the issue isn’t as clear as you might hope. Whilst re-selling game keys may well amount to a breach of contract – as such re-selling is almost invariably prohibited by the terms …