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Watch out Skylanders, Anki believes it can become a new force in toys-to-life with its upcoming racing game: Anki Overdrive. Co-founder and president of Anki, Hanns Tappeiner, accused toys-to-life rivals such as Disney Infinity and LEGO Dimensions of ‘just copying Skylanders’, and said that his game will offer retailers something …
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Read about the future of Minecraft in this week’s issue of MCV
There’s no disputing that Minecraft is the biggest game in the world – but what does the future hold for Mojang’s blockbuster title? At last week’s Minecon, MCV sat down exclusively with Mojang COO Vu Bui to talk the Swedish firm’s plans for Minecraft, its intentions outside of gaming and …
Read More »Fire Emblem clings on for a second top spot in Japan as Persona 4: Dancing All Night slips
The latest Fire Emblem title for 3DS has remained at the number spot in Japan, with returning Top Ten entry Splatoon seeing resilient sales figures. Fire Emblem Fates’ two SKUs – White Kingdom and Black Kingdom – easily spot to the top of the retail charts the week previous, shifting …
Read More »1TB PS4 dated, includes bundled PlayStation TV
Sony has said that its new 1TB PS4 will be released in the UK on July 15th. Furthermore, the SKU – called the 1TB Ultimate Player Edition PlayStation 4 – will for a limited time at participating retailers and only at launch” include a free PlayStation TV microconsole. In addition, …
Read More »Accessories Update: Logitech G29 Driving Force and Turtle Beach Stealth 420X headset
MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, Logitech takes the wheel on PS4 with the G29 Driving Force and Turtle Beach expands its Xbox One wireless headset offering Logitech G29 Driving Force The Logitech G29 Driving Force is a force feedback racing wheel …
Read More »NME to introduce video games coverage as it goes free
Weekly music magazine NME is to become free in September, with video games joining a number of new topics being introduced to its pages. The switch will see 300k copies of the magazine handed out at stations, universities and retailers each week. The magazine’s circulation fro the latter half of …
Read More »Mac version of Final Fantasy XIV pulled from sale, refunds offered
Square Enix has withdrawn the Mac version of Final Fantasy XIV after it launched on June 23rd with a number of serious problems, chief of which being pretty poor performance on even the beefiest of Macs. It has admitted the minimum specs it previously released were inaccurate and not sufficient …
Read More »Amazon’s ‘Prime Day’ will have ‘more deals than Black Friday’
Online retailer Amazon is to celebrate its 20th birthday on July 15th with what it promises to be a massive sale. Called ‘Prime Day’, the promotion is described as a global shopping event” and will apparently have more deals than Black Friday”. However, the catch is that it will only …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: South Africa
South Africa’s games industry is increasingly dominated by digital titles from other countries – but, despite this, the local market is growing. Local games organisation Make Games South Africa (MGSA) estimates that South Africa consumers spend 2.2 billion Rand (0.1bn) on games each year, primarily on mobile. Console is the …
Read More »GameStop hasn’t given up on pre-owned digital games
The idea of pre-owned digital games has been flying around for a while, and retailer GameStop still hopes to one day get the idea off the ground. "It’s still an opportunity that’s out there," GameStop merchandising director Eric Bright told GameSpot during a meeting at E3 last month. "I think …
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