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Activision and Hasbro have officially announced Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark. The game appeared on retail listings last week but has now been confirmed for release on PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U, 3DS and PC. The Examiner reports that it will blend the universes and visual …
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Game4u extends digital service to Singapore, Malaysia
Games retailer Game4u has expanded the operations of its digital distribution service – downloads4u – to Singapore and Malaysia. Through the service, Game4u will make its digital catalogue of over 700 PC and Mac games available to the two South-East Asian markets. PC gaming is popular in South-East Asia and …
Read More »"We don’t need publishers in a traditional sense": The new age of publishing
Why do we need games publishers? In today’s digital market, the game makers and their fans are running the show. Community managers on Twitter and Facebook are doing the jobs of PRs, video bloggers via YouTube are doing a better job of marketing games than any carefully constructed TV ad, …
Read More »UPDATED: GAME no longer offering Titanfall beta codes with pre-orders
UPDATE: GAME has also informed MCV that customers who pre-order Titanfall from the retailer will no longer receive beta codes. "Thanks to our partnership with EA, we were able to receive some beta codes for Titanfall, which have already been given to a random selection of our lucky customers," said …
Read More »Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark listed by Amazon
Amazon has posted multi-platform listings for an unannounced next-gen Transformers game. The online retailer has Rise of the Dark Spark set for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U and 3DS. While Activision is still yet to formally announce the title, it was included in the publisher’s most recent …
Read More »Read our exclusive interview with Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick in the latest MCV
From the battle between GAME and CEX, to Evolve-maker Turtle Rock going it along without Valve, we’ve got it all covered in the latest MCV. We kick off the issue with a battle of the CEXes. The High Street’s two biggest games retailers are clashing head-to-head as GAME launches its …
Read More »Xbox European boss Chris Lewis steps down
Xbox VP of EMEA Chris Lewis has announced he will retire from the company, MCV can reveal. Lewis is a 25-year veteran of Microsoft, joining the firm in 1989, and has led the Xbox business since it started and held various sales and marketing roles. He officially leaves in the …
Read More »User tagging comes to Steam
Valve working to improve discoverability on its digital store with user-created tags
Read More »GAME is selling ‘pheromone fuelled underwear’ for Valentine’s
First there was the Christmas Tinner. Now GAME is selling pants. The retailer is once again offering a limited edition item in one of its stores – pheromone fuelled his ‘n’ hers underwear for Valentine’s. There’s some token research, too. According to new research by GAME, this Valentine’s Day one …
Read More »Xbox One Media Remote spotted on Amazon
A listing for an Xbox One Media Remote has now cropped up in the UK. The Xbox One Media Remote yesterday appeared on Amazon’s Canadian website, but has now appeared on the retailer’s UK arm priced at 19.99 and has a release date of April 4th. Control your Xbox One …
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