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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 …
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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 …
Read More »MCV Awards 2016 Finalist Profiles: Sales Team
As we countdown to the MCV Awards 2016, which takes place in London on March 3rd, we profile each of the finalists for the Sales Team category Activision Delivered new top ten titles as well as continuing to drive strong all year round sales with franchises like Skylanders, World of …
Read More »Yo-Kai Watch launching on 3DS this April
The Yo-Kai Watch video game has been confirmed to launch in Europe at the end of April. Nintendo has announced that the hit Japanese monster title is going to come to 3DS on April 29th. This comes shortly after Viz Media Europe revealed that the animated series based on the …
Read More »Day one digital Fallout 4 sales outpaced physical
Bethesda has offered another glimpse into the secretive world of digital console game sales. Speaking to Game Informer, Bethesda producer Todd Howard has revealed that RPG hit Fallout 4 sold more digitally on day one that it did physically. To put that into perspective, while the publisher never announced any …
Read More »MCV Awards 2016 Finalist Profiles: Games Publisher
As we countdown to the MCV Awards 2016, which takes place in London on March 3rd, we profile each of the finalists for the Best Publisher category 2K Games 2K had its best year since 2008 in terms of revenue – both its WWE and NBA franchises have grown by …
Read More »BioShock: The Collection resurfaces on Brazilian ratings board
An HD compilation of the BioShock franchise has popped up again. This time it has appeared on the Brazilian Advisory Rating Board– the nation’s age rating programme – for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (credit for the spot goes to Gematsu). BioShock: The Collection was …
Read More »MCV Awards 2016 Finalist Profiles: Peripherals and Accessories Brand
As we countdown to the MCV Awards 2016, which takes place in London on March 3rd, we profile each of the finalists for the Peripherals category A4T In 2015, A4T held the biggest market-share of any company (incl. first party) in PS4 chargers, PS3 chargers and PS3 headsets, with the …
Read More »GAME creates a robotic mascot to promote trade-ins
Retailer GAME is hoping to promote a fresh boost to its trade-in program with the creation of a new character. He’s called TIM, which cunningly stands for Trade-In Machine. TIM is set to appear on GAME’s various online channels, as well as in-store. With unwanted Christmas gifts taking up valuable …
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