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The PS4 and Xbox One launch line-up has been overshadowed by games for Wii U, Vita and 3DS. Critics heaped praise on Nintendo’s new Zelda and Mario games. The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds on 3DS (this week No.9 in the charts) has a Metacritic score of 90, …

John Broomhall talks to composer Olivier Deriviere about creating a new type of sound for Capcom's new sci-fi IP

Microsoft has dismissed complaints that eight years was too long between Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Ubisoft and EA have told MCV this year that they felt the console cycle had lasted too long and said they would rather a five to six year gap moving forward. But Xbox VP …

Sony has paid to take over the page three spread in today’s issue of UK newspaper The Sun. Readers opening the paper today are presented with a two-page ad for the PS4 and the following message: Apologies to Rosie, 22, from Middlesex. Today’s page 3 is for the players”. Here’s …

Executive vice president of EA Studios predicts shorter console cycle this time around

With all three new consoles on shelves, the next generation can begin in earnest

Sony’s PS4 arrives in the UK and Europe today and a new report has found that the machine currently has the advantage over its rival Xbox One on social media. The Telegraph reports that Sythesio has analysed social media, forums and online comments since the start of the month, finding …

BBC Worldwide has regenerated its video game plan… again. The commercial arm of the BBC has closed its games department in Los Angeles and moved it back to Britain to merge with the UK Consumer Products division. Digital entertainment and games director Rikesh Desai will lead a team that includes …

This agency aims to make securing licensing rights less complex for your studio and its game projects

PS4 has arrived in the UK. Following Xbox One’s arrival last Friday, that means that the next-gen is now officially the current-gen. PS3 and Xbox 360 are SO last-gen. Blaine Smith from Bedford was the first person to pre-order the PS4 from GAME and was the first in line to …