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What a week! MCV is this week looking back at what has been one of the noisiest and more eventful E3’s in history. We also discuss the Brexit and how it could affect the UK games industry, with help from UKIE. Elsewhere, we speak to EA’s senior producer Nick Channon …
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Firewatch developer Campo Santo talks indie game pricing and launching a boxed version
Formed by veterans from Telltale Games, Klei Entertainment and Irrational, Campo Santo released its first game Firewatch at the start of year. The title was an instant hit, selling 500,000 copies in its first month and recouping its development budget in its first day on sale. It was overwhelming,” composer …
Read More »Xbox One S 2TB launching on August 2nd in the UK, 500GB and 1TB versions to follow
Multiple sources have confirmed to MCV the UK launch date for the 2TB edition of the Xbox One S. The new hardware will be released on Tuesday, August 2nd. Furthermore, the 1TB and 500GB editions will not be launching on this date. Sources have told MCV that the S range …
Read More »Xbox Scorpio means ‘Sony’s technological advantage has gone’
Microsoft’s Xbox Scorpio console will enjoy a significant performance advantage over Sony’s PS4 Neo. That’s according to Digital Foundry, which says that Neo is now too far down the line for Sony to possibly hope to try and change its plans and stop the new Xbox outperforming its machine by …
Read More »UBISOFT E3 ROUNDUP: Publisher reveals massive line-up for its next financial year at E3
Ubisoft’s press conference was a long one, but it was probably one of the strongest showing the publisher has been involved with. The extended run-time featured a release slate for the company’s next financial year unlike any it has had before. It showed a couple of more quirky digital titles, …
Read More »South Park: The Fractured But Whole mocks Marvel and DC, and is out in December
The next South Park RPG is a parody of Marvel movies, Ubisoft revealed at E3 today. What’s more, the title is out this year – December 6th, to be precise. Showcasing multiple trailers, South Park: The Fractured But Whole features a completely new combat system, and is set the day …
Read More »There’s a new $350 Fallout Pip-Boy accessory on the way
Following last year’s Pip-Boy special edition for Fallout 4, a new and more expensive Pip-Boy is on the way. Announced by GameSpot’s ThinkGeek merchandise brand, the Pip-Boy: Deluxe Bluetooth Edition (pictured) will set consumers back $349.99 (around 250). This is exclusive to ThinkGeek, who says that the merchandise comes with …
Read More »Bethesda’s Fallout 4 is coming to VR
Publisher Bethesda unveiled its VR plans during its E3 conference yesterday, including two projects for HTC Vive. The first one is a virtual reality Doom experience, for which the publisher did not specify any release date. But the second, and potentially more exciting, announcement was that a VR version of …
Read More »Visions from the Future: Could VR send the games industry backwards?
Joost van Dreunen issues a stark warning about VR’s prospects, as the emerging medium struggles to surpass its negative mainstream perception
Read More »ESA on the future of E3
Every year when we sit down with E3 organisers the ESA, we generally end up chatting about the same topics. ‘What can we expect from the show?’, ‘What’s different this year?’, ‘How much space is being dedicated to mobile/VR/AR/the next big thing?’. But this year, there’s actually quite a lot …
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