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Voice-based audio games are gaining ground in the UK thanks to the Amazon Echo and its Alexa voice assistant, says Amazon’s Alexa Skills Kit director Rob Pulciani (pictured). What’s more, the platform is only set to grow even bigger as Amazon brings Alexa to its brand-new Fire TV Stick in …

Stock shortages seem to be part and parcel of every new console launch these days, but Nintendo’s UK general manager Nicolas Wegnez has assured MCV that the Switch will be available to buy at retail on Day One. In his first-ever UK interview (see this week’s MCV for the full …

Nintendo is once again looking to reach beyond the core gaming markets with an innovative new console. However, this time it’s doing so by drawing on all its experience to create a true hybrid platform.  “Nintendo Switch is a unique gaming and tech product that’s a home console, a handheld …

Roster of partners to drop from 60,000 to just 300

Ziff Davis and Beijing media specialist Anji Entertainment have today announced the launch of IGN China, making IGN locally available to audiences in China for the first time. IGN China will tailor the global IGN formula for audiences in mainland China, with original content available in both Mandarin and Simplified …

We’re only a week away from the launch of the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo UK general manager Nicolas Wegnez chose MCV to talk about the release of the much-awaited console. In an extended interview, he discusses every aspect of the Nintendo Switch, from its impact on the UK market to …

Overwatch and Uncharted 4 win big

Those dreams of fighting in a VR war or fighting a dragon with your friends in a virtual world could be a reality

Departing head of studio Hannes Seifert leaves Square Enix for role closer to home in Austria

Former studio production director Hakan Abrak has been appointed as the new studio head of Hitman studio Io Interactive. He replaces former studio head Hannes Seifert, who after seven years at Io Interactive has now left Square Enix to move on to pursue a new project nearer his home in …