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After an impressive 15-year stint with the firm, chief executive Terry Duddy is to quit Argos owner Home Retail Group next July. He’s served as chief executive for seven years but told HRG’s AGM yesterday that he would vacate the role on July 2nd 2014. Duddy and chairman John Coombe …

EA has released a video detailing the new scouting features available in FIFA 14’s Career Mode. Players will start out with a certain number of scouts depending on the club they are managing. Bigger clubs will unsurprisingly have more to choose from up to a maximum of six. These scouts …

It was exactly 15 years ago that MCV debuted at the ECTS trade show in Olympia. We’ve published 754 editions so far. There will be eight more with my name in, then I’m off. The November 1st edition ends a 27-year career in games trade media, having served a dozen …

Those who paid for the PSN version of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn have been refunded by Sony. The funds should already have been credited to users’ wallet, with the game itself now available to download from their download history. The move follows the ongoing problems surrounding the re-launch …

Microsoft's bid for the indie community kicks off this week

Activision has, quite unexpectedly, released its first ever ‘proper’ Call of Duty game for mobile devices. It’s called Call of Duty: Strike Team and it’s available on iOS right now for 4.99. Despite the premium price point, the 1.32GB game does include in-app-purchases, which according to The Guardian, range in …

Activision Publishing CEO claims outfit is victim of 'false narrative' around output diversity

Sony has increased the prices of upcoming PS3 titles Beyond: Two Souls and Gran Turismo 6. Both games were previously priced at Rs 2,999, but are now increased to Rs 3,499. The price hikes are attributed to the continuing decline of the Rupee, which today stands at Rs 67 against …

The famed creator of Metal Gear Solid wants to infuse some extra sex appeal into his next game. Speaking on Twitter, Hideo Kojima admitted to ordering his designers to make some of the game’s characters more erotic” in order to generate additional figure sales and encourage cosplayers. I’ve been ordering …

Microsoft still hopes to re-introduce some of its more ambitious online plans for Xbox One at some point in the future. Specifically, this includes both the ability to trade-in digital Xbox One games and the option of allowing assorted family and friends to access a user’s purchased games – both …