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Specialist games retailer Games The Shop has confirmed that it will hold a midnight launch for the PlayStation 4. Games The Shop will sell the console on the midnight of 6th January in five stores across Mumbai, Thane and Pune. The retailer also confirmed that PS4 launch titles Assassin’s Creed …
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Solving the logistics issues in multiplayer games
How do we get players to play together in a manner that fits their schedules? This is a key logistical challenge a designer faces when building multiplayer games
Read More »Fallout series pulled from GoG’s digital catalogue
Having set the internet alight late last year by giving the games away for free, Good Old Games has seen the Fallout series removed from its store. Those who have previously bought or acquired the games via the retailer will still be able to download them from the ‘My Games’ …
Read More »Activision’s Marvel titles pulled from digital storefronts
UPDATE: Marvel games will continue to be made available at retail stores, Activision says. Games like Deadpool can still be purchased on the High Street, but is no-longer available from digital download sites. ORIGINAL STORY: Activision’s Marvel-licensed games have been permanently removed from Steam, PSN, and Xbox Live. Game Informer …
Read More »Are you being paid enough in 2014?
Share your views with MCV and Develop's Salary Survey 2014
Read More »Most read stories of 2013: 1-10
Bully 2 rumours and the creation of the FIFA series: the top ten stories of 2013. 10.The extent of Kinect 2’s visual DRM is beginning to emerge Along with the controversial DRM on its home console, Microsoft also filed for similar restrictions on its Kinect hardware which limited the number …
Read More »Game developer predictions for 2014
The games industry has an exciting year ahead of it, but what do leading developers and platform holders believe will be the big trends of the next twelve months?
Read More »REVIEW OF THE YEAR: The fall of Blockbuster
Last week, the High Street told MCV it feels 2014 will be a good year for video games retailing. But 2013, at least the first half of it, remains one to forget. Blockbuster is no more. The entertainment brand had been a staple of the UK High Street since 1989 …
Read More »PS4 outsold Xbox One by 166,000 consoles in UK last year
PS4 and Xbox One posted incredible sales figures in the UK, with Sony coming out on top. PlayStation 4 has sold 530,000 units in the UK in just five weeks, according to ERA (using Chart-Track data), while Xbox One has sold 364,000 units. It’s a significant gap between the two …
Read More »UK digital game sales overtake physical in 2013
Sales of video games in the UK have grown for the first time in five years. According to the Entertainment Retailer’s Association, based on GfK Chart-Track and IHS data, revenue generated by game sales grew by 6.6 per cent in 2013. But that is mostly down to huge growth in …
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