Sony: 3D will be "biggest gaming revolution"

3D gaming will play a crucial role in the future of both Sony and PlayStation 3, with the platform holder investing heavily in stereoscopic technology. Sony Computer Entertainment’s Simon Benson, senior development manager on the company’s Stereoscopic 3D Team, has told MCV his group is working to capitalise on the …

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Cliffy Bs reveal IS Gears of War 3

Right, remember when we said that Cliffy B’s upcoming announcement next week was not Gears of War 3? Forget it. It will be, and a blunder from Microsoft has confirmed it. Kotaku has spotted an ad that has just appeared on Xbox Live that reads: Gears of War 3 Announced …

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Cliffy Bs reveal is NOT Gears of War 3

An ad for the next issue of Official Xbox Magazine has confirmed that Epic is to reveal a brand new shooter in its next issue – crushing hopes that developer Cliffy Bleszinski’s anticipated announcement on the US’ Jimmy Fallon Show will be Gears of War 3. The back of page …

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Retail reveals Split/Second DLC

Disney’s Split/Second: Velocity hasn’t even hit shelves yet but word of digital add-ons has already emerged through pre-order initiatives. Online retail giant Play.com will be giving away the first DLC pack for the upcoming racer free to anyone that pre-orders the game through its site. While this deal has yet …

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Market slump or market triumph?

It certainly caused some debate amongst the MCV team before words hit the page. We all used to say that if the industry released more games in Q1 the market would benefit. Accidental timing has let us put the theory to test; some of the big Q1 games this year …

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UK games market down 7.8% in Q1

It was meant to be the Q1 that would save us from the slump, but a wash of quality releases have not been able to halt a games market decline. MCV research based on GfK Chart-Track data shows that the UK games market was worth 303m for the 13 weeks …

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