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As we countdown to the MCV Awards 2016, which takes place in London on March 3rd, we profile each of the finalists for the Marketing Team category 2K The 2K team began the year with new IP in the form of Evolve, moving on to The Handsome Collection before the …
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Rocket League physical release coming from 505 Games
505 Games has signed up as the exclusive worldwide publishing partner for the physical version of Psyonix’s Rocket League. A Collector’s Edition of the game will be released on PS4 and Xbox One in Q3 2016. The game launched digitally on PS4 and PC last July and arrived on Xbox …
Read More »Develop Studio Sales Chart: Ubisoft Montreal takes Primal position in February
Far Cry team leads as Capcom, PopCap and CyberConnect2 break into the Top Ten
Read More »Oculus hires Hulu and Flipboard exec as head of video
Eugene Wei will lead team dedicated to producing VR and 360-degree content
Read More »MCV Awards 2016 Finalist Profiles: Game Campaign
As we countdown to the MCV Awards 2016, which takes place in London on March 3rd, we profile each of the finalists for the Game Campaign award Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – Ubisoft Ubisoft brought the London-based title to market with public events, scale creative activations and big budget livestreams at …
Read More »Raspberry Pi becomes the best-selling British computer ever
With 8m units now shipped to retailers, the makers of the Raspberry Pi are now proclaiming that the machine can claim the crown of the best-selling British computer ever made. Sales of the unit should also pass the 8m figure this month, taking it past the current title holder – …
Read More »It appears the end is nigh for PlayStation TV
Sony has discontinued the PlayStation TV in Japan, a little over two years after the machine first debuted in the territory. Game Informer reports that the news was revealed on the device’s official Sony product page. The future of the console began looking especially bleak in November when it was …
Read More »Resident Evil 4, 5 and 6 shuffling to PS4 and Xbox One
Capcom is bringing its three most recent mainline Resident Evil titles to next-gen consoles. Each will retail digitally and cost 15.99, with Resident Evil 6 leading the charge on March 29th. It will include all of the original’s costume DLC. Resident Evil 5 will follow in the summer and then …
Read More »GAME confirms Scottish store closures and mergers
High Street retailer GAME has revealed it is making some changes to its Scottish store portfolio. The company has confirmed to MCV that it is merging its two Livingston sites. It is also is closing its Hamilton store and merging it with the Motherwell branch. In addition, GAME is opening …
Read More »Read our media special in this week’s MCV
The likes of Official PlayStation Magazine,Venatus Media,IGN and Twitch discuss the state of the games media in this week’s issue. OPM’s Matthew Pellett shares how the publication managed to see a ten per cent jump in print circulation, while IGN talks about moving to every platform possible in order to …
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