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Battlefield 4, FIFA 14 and Madden NFL 25 will be available in their next-gen guises ahead of their respective hardware launches in the US. As confirmed by Peter Moore, the PS4 versions of all three games will be released at North American retail on November 12th. That’s three days ahead …

Being too comfortable could cause more problems than taking risks, says Nathan Vella

Burnout developer Criterion has shrunk to a team of 15 developers as the majority of the studio works on Need for Speed: Rivals as Ghost UK. In a series of tweets, Criterion creative director Alex Ward clarified the status of the Guildford developer, and said most of the studio was …

Develop discovers how an ambitious crowdfunded game led to an indie's own rise, fall and eventual redemption

Dave Ranyard to analyse lessons learnt from SingStar's move to free-to-play

Some copies of Battlefield 4 on the PS3 will include a code inside that entitles the owner to a digital PS4 copy of the game for just 10. Inside marked physical copies of Battlefield 4 for PlayStation 3 there will be a voucher with a unique code printed on it,” …

Remaining 15 staff move office to work on separate IP

Amazon would get a copy of GTA V to you on release day (or even before that if you’re lucky) for 35. So why would you spend 50 on a digital PS3 version? Well, there are a couple of reasons. Firstly, it means the game will always be there on …

Many UK retailers were seething over the weekend when some customers who had pre-ordered Grand Theft Auto V from Amazon received their copies. As reported earlier this month, Rockstar had previously requested that online retailers delay posting off the game until today (Monday September 16th) in the hope that it …

Indie developers do not sell consoles… right? Sony studios boss Shuhei Yoshida tells us why that just isn’t true in the current edition of MCV. It’s a packed issue once again, with Sega revealing its digital sales data in an effort to encourage more publishers to share theirs. We also …