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Microsoft is making big cuts to its Xbox EMEA team, the firm has confirmed. It is part of the 18,000 redundancies that was announced yesterday by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. 12,500 of those will be from the firm’s Nokia division. A source told MCV last night that as many as …

Audiokinetic’s Bernard Rodrigue discusses how this old audio technique is set to make a comeback in games

The white PlayStation 4 and Destiny bundle will be available exclusively at GameStop in some countries in Europe. Those in Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The Nordics, Spain and Switzerland will only be able to get the Destiny bundle at GameStop. Meanwhile those in France can pick up it from Micromania. …

A boxed Collector’s Edition of indie hit The Banner Saga will be coming to UK retail on July 25th. Sold Out Sales and Marketing Limited will offer the Viking-themed tactical role-playing game as a physical release for the first time. A spin-off of the retail sales team at Mastertronic, Sold …

The championship rounds of Dota 2 competition The International will air on ESPN3, Valve has announced. A post on Steam’s news section reveals the eSports competition will be available to view live on ESPN’s online streaming service with matches, analysis, interviews and all. Watchers can also view the competition on …

PlayStation 4 led US hardware sales for the sixth consecutive month and remains the life-to-date leader for next-gen hardware, Sony has announced. The news arrives alongside NPD’s June 2014 report, which shows a major (106 per cent) year-over-year increase in hardware revenue driven by console sales. The 106 percent increase …

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has confirmed Xbox Entertainment Studios will close as part of the company’s recently announced cost-cutting plan. Re/code sources claim that the branch was "disorganized" and "lacked a fully fleshed-out business model." The Santa Monica-based studio housed around 200 employees. "As part of the planned reduction to our …

A Kickstarter campaign for an adventure game based on popular YouTube channel Yogscast has been scrapped, with backers likely to lose out on a refund. The Yogventures project raised $570,000 on the crowd-funding site back in 2012, with indie developer Winterkewl Games set to create the title in time for …

The latest MCV is now available online – this week we talk to virtual reality firm Oculus about its plans for global domination. We also speak to EA DICE’sKarl-Magnus Troedsson about the latest Battlefield game and the developers new studios. In our Insight section this week PCR’s Dom Sacco tells …

Only two weeks remain to get involved with the daily MCV @ Gamescom magazines at this year’s show. The team behind the weekly MCV and MCVuk.com will produce three editions of MCV @ Gamescom during the trade days of the games fair, which runs from August 13th to 17th in …