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The third MCV Gamescom daily magazine is available toread right now. It features more news from the show, covering the opening of the consumer days at Koelnmesse, Minecraft, PS4, the winner of UKIE’s game of the show, plus an interview with Deep Silver’s Menno Van der Bill on today’s release …

EEDAR report says biggest mobile spenders are core gamers

Sony has unveiled a program that will allow players to upgrade certain PS3 titles to their PS4 at a significantly” discounted price. Digital Spy reports on President Andrew House detailing the program during Sony’s Gamescom keynote, explaining that the cost of the transfer will ultimately be up to the publisher …

There’s a long list of GameStop customers lined up for an Xbox One, and an even longer list for a PS4. During GameStop’s call to investors yesterday, following the retail chain’s latest quarterly earnings report, president Tony Bartel detailed the ‘first-to-know’ availability lists populated by PowerUp Rewards program members eager …

A host of Japanese mobile developers led by Sega have reportedly banded together to create a cross-promotional network. According to a Nikkei report spotted by Games Industry, Sega is at the forefront of an initiative involving 14 other developers (such as Capcom and Taito) to create additional exposure by combining …

Capcom hopes to address the apparent technical struggles suffered by its Dead Rising 3 Xbox One gameplay demo at Gamescom. Videogamer reports that the playable short, currently on display at the Cologne games expo, struggles to maintain 30 frames per second with significant dips suffered when the number of zombies …

An ad that was posted on Ouya’s official YouTube channel has certainly succeeded in catching the attention. Called ‘Sixty Bucks For A Game’, the 30-second short has since been pulled from Ouya’s channel but can be seen below via a mirror. It sees a gamer react negatively to a session …

Digital curiosity Rain has been dated for PS3. Sony says the game will arrive on PSN on October 2nd with a European price of €12.99. The game’s up for pre-order right now. Those who do drop money on it early will get a few bonuses – a dynamic theme, a …

Precursor Games’ second attempt at funding Shadow of the Eternals appears to be on the brink of failure. At the time of writing its Kickstarter campaign stands at $305,306 with just 38 hours remaining – that’s nearly $450,000 short of its $750,000 funding goal. Its first Kickstarter attempt, which itself …

Global games retailer GameStop has reported a 10.7 per cent decline in both global and like-for-like sales for Q2 2013. Total sales fell from $1.55bn last year to $1.38bn, which was a little better than had been forecast by the company. Digital and emerging markets fared well, however, with mobile …