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The rise of the YouTube star has also given rise to scores of budding players wishing to share their gaming achievements online. MCV takes a look at the capture devices that are helping them do it At this moment in time, it may be more apt to refer to live …
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Digital pet Animin to be backed by £300k marketing campaign
Digital pet app Animin is to be supported by a 300,000 marketing campaign when it comes to stores this November. This marketing push will be across a variety of platforms, including online, print, TV and social media. Generation Media will be handling media buying, while Bastion will be sorting out …
Read More »GAME launching range of digital Vita software
GAME is to start selling a line of PlayStation Vita digital titles. Starting tomorrow (Friday July 25th) the retailer will offer a range of titles for Sony’s handheld both in-store and online. 20 titles will be available, including Crash Bandicoot, Uncharted Golden Abyss Limbo and PSP title Killzone Liberation. Prices …
Read More »Freemium mobile games up 39% and full game downloads down 43% at EA
EA’s Q3 financials have revealed the extent to which the smartphone market has shifted from full price to freemium and microtransaction titles. Overall mobile grew 18 per cent to $120m for EA for the quarter ending June 30th, with smartphone and tablets accounting for 90 per cent of that. Within …
Read More »How Blizzard is pulling players back into World of Warcraft
Ivowed never to touch World of Warcraft – or any other MMO – again after quitting to focus on my final year at university back in 2006. So I deleted my level 60 character, closed my account and threw away the game discs to prevent myself from being tempted back …
Read More »Vita title Freedom Wars will get boxed release after fan pressure
Freedom Wars had been scheduled for a digital-only release on Vita in Europe, but Sony has changed its mind. You’ve let us know here on PlayStation Blog, on forums and on social media that you really wanted to see a full title card release for the game,” Sony social man …
Read More »Nvidia Shield Tablet announced; UK release detailed
Nvidia has announced a new tablet-shaped sibling for its Shield Portable gaming handheld. The Shield Portable was released last July exclusively in the US and Canada – a move Nvidia product manager Chris Daniel told MCV was alike to a ‘trial run’ for the product. The handheld, which combines a …
Read More »How Oculus Rift plans to change the world
It may sound preposterous, but Oculus Rift has quite a bit in common with Nintendo’s Wii. The high-tech wizardry of VR may seem worlds apart from the more rudimentary implementation of motion control. Yet like the Wii, the Oculus Rift promises to seriously disrupt the video games market. And like …
Read More »Global investment firm KKR eying The Hut stake
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is reportedly preparing a move to grab a 20 per cent stake in retailer The Hut. The Financial Times reports that the 100m deal would value the company at 500m. Earlier this year The Hut said it was not considering an IPO following the perceived poor performance …
Read More »UPDATED: The Evil Within release brought forward a week
The release date of Shinji Mikami’s survival horror title The Evil Within has been brought forward by one week. The game was slated for an October 24th release, but it is now listed on Bethesda’s website as coming to stores on October 18th. This is just ten days after fellow …
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