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The recently leaked Capcom Essentials bundle has been confirmed – but it won’t be being released in the UK. As rumoured late last month, Capcom Essentials will be released on both PS3 and Xbox 360 and will include five games – Resident Evil 6, Super Street Fighter 4, Devil May …

2K Drive, the on-road and off-road iOS racing sim from Lucid Games is set for release this fall, which is a few days from now. Lucid Games is comprised of several developers from Bizarre Creations, which created Blur and the Project Gotham Racing series. The studio has been working on …

Free games have been a central part of AMD’s PC graphics card strategy for some time and the next version of its offer has at last been revealed. Called Never Settle Forever, it presents three tiers of rewards offering one, two or three free games respectively depending on what type …

Internal email contradicts director's claim studio is not at work on project

Microsoft’s Xbox One TV ambitions are well known, but new reports suggest Sony intends to take the digital TV fight to its rival. The Wall Street Journal reports that Sony has reached a preliminary deal with Viacom that will see it provide paid streaming access to the likes of MTV, …

Debbie Ross promoted at Glasgow animation outfit

One man close to Valve has delivered a crushing blow to the millions of gamers patiently waiting on Half-Life 3. Kotaku reports that John Patrick Lowrie, an actor who has starred in a number of Valve games and is married to the voice of GLaD0S Ellen McLain, has claimed that …

Gamescom is almost upon us, and so MCV in association with Xbox One has put together an extensive guide to the show. And it’s absolutely free. As well as maps of the halls and the location of all the exhibitors, our Gamescom 2013 guide features times of the conferences, hints …

The NPD Group has released its retail sales report for July, confirming another year-over-year decline across the board. Hardware sales brought in $99.4m for the period – a 34 per cent decrease versus the $150.9m earned over the same stretch in 2012. Accessories saw just a three per cent loss …

Seemingly keen to soften the blow for gamers in Nordic and Benelux, Microsoft has pointed out that Xbox One can be imported. The move represents another U-turn of sorts – Xbox One was at one stage designed to be region locked and its previous online-centric approach had previously meant it …