The release line-up of Take 2, both Rockstar studios and 2K, has looked somewhat thin this year, given the delay to Red Dead Redemption 2 and there only being a couple of major releases over at 2K as well. So Rockstar has looked into the past and unearthed detective-thriller, period …
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‘Now’s the time to drive people into high-end VR,’ says Oculus’ Jason Rubin
When Oculus temporarily dropped the price of its Rift + Touch bundle to £399 to kick off its Summer of Rift sale at the start of July, there were plenty of critics who saw it as another desperate attempt to drum up sales. After all, it had only been four …
Read More »eBay strengthens games offer with dedicated shop
Ecommerce giant eBay is about to launch a new hub for physical media called The Entertainment Shop. Among others, it will offer a selection of new, catalogue and pre-owned games across its market place from brands and sellers around the world,” the announcement said. The new shop will launch this …
Read More »Destiny 2 launches smoothly despite reported PS4 Pro crashes
Launching a gigantic game that only works when players are connected to the server is always something of a nervous time. However, Destiny 2’s rolling worldwide launch over the last 24 hours seem to come off without incident, or at least without major incident, for most players There were some …
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to Destiny 2 merchandise
Destiny is finally coming back to consoles today, and is also heading to PC for the first time next month. Initially rumoured for a 2016 release, Destiny 2 was officially confirmed in March 2017, after a leak a couple of days before. At the time, Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg said …
Read More »Uncharted: The Lost Legacy holds second UK No.1
Switch exclusive Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle didn’t manage to take the top spot for its first week in the charts, as Uncharted: The Lost Legacy remained No.1 for a second week. Sales for Sony’s title were down 70 per cent week-on-week though. Ubisoft’s Mario + Rabbids debuted at No.2 …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Green Man Gaming, Sold Out, PlayStack and more
In this week’s roundup: Green Man Gaming hires new performance marketing EVP, Ukie’s Blackwell becomes theMayor of London’s first chief digital officer, a new marketing director arrives at Sold Out, PlayStack gets new COO and board director,Koch Media’s Scarborough joins Improbable and Ukie welcomes three new members. Green Man Gaming …
Read More »Gamescom review, Golden Joysticks, Oculus and Merge Games headline this week’s MCV
After a record-breaking Gamescom, we look at the core drivers of its success in this week’s issue of MCV. The potential resurgence of Xbox, the importance of video and using events to strengthen community relations were all key to this year’s edition. We talk to Xbox, IGN, Facebook and more …
Read More »FIFA 17 tops monthly UK console digital charts again
Another month, another No.1 for FIFA 17. Once again, EA’s football behemoth has topped the monthly console digital charts in the UK, generating 6.92m in revenue in July. Sales for the title were down 16 per cent month-on-month though, as other titles in the Top Ten grew. Rockstar’s Grand Theft …
Read More »CeX suffers online security breach
Retailer CeX has suffered an online security breach. In an email to customers this morning, the retailer said it was investigating the breach "as a priority" and promised it was "taking a number of measures to prevent this from happening again." According to the email from managing director David Mullins, …
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