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Strike me down with all of your hatred and your journey towards the dark side will be complete! Etc. Ian McDiarmid, who played the evil Emperor Palpatine across the Star Wars movie saga, will lend his voice to Rovio’s upcoming Angry Birds Star Wars II. Although of course he’ll be …

The Elder Scrolls Online should be available to all Xbox One owners, even if they don’t subscribe to Xbox Live. That’s the opinion of Bethesda, which says that it is pushing Microsoft to liberate the MMO from the confines of the Xbox Live Gold paywall. With plans to utilise both …

Two failed crowdfunding attempts haven’t stopped studio Precursor Games from pursuing its efforts to make and release ‘spiritual’ Eternal Darkness successor Shadow of the Eternals. The game recently saw its second Kickstarter attempt fall short of its $750k target by over $425k. But as predicted by MCV just last week, …

Rockstar has detailed the digital extras included in the Special and Collector’s Editions of Grand Theft Auto V. Both will offer three additional weapons in Ammu-Nation outlets – the .50 Caliber Pistol, the Bullpup Shotgun and the Hammer melee weapon. There’s a 20 per cent discount at all in-game shops, …

As of today all purchases made on Xbox Live will be conducted in real currencies. An update rolled out over Xbox Live has killed off Microsoft’s Points digital currency, replacing all fees with proper sterling amounts for gamers in the UK. Any existing account balances will also be translated from …

Dead Space 3 is unlikely to be the last game in the series, EA has suggested. Lower than expected sales of February’s release Dead Space 3 led to claims in March that Dead Space 4 had been cancelled. These claims were not denied by EA directly although one media outlet …

Crowdfunding firm to hold two events in Sydney and Melbourne for developers looking to use site

Walmart leak claims Microsoft's next-gen console will ship before PS4

But Rami Ismail still holds some reservations over recently announced details for Xbox One self-publishing

Video games are expected to generate more revenue than both video and music combined this year. That’s according to the Entertainment Retailers Association, which predicts that Xbox One, PS4 and a slew of triple-A games – including GTA V, FIFA, Battlefield and Call of Duty – will drive more people …