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Week One sales of Call of Duty have also taken a dive in Japan, according to data from Famitsu. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare sold 100,877 on PS4 in the region, compared with the combined 172,602 units of Black Ops III shifted on PS4 and PS3 last year. That’s a …
Read More »Report: There could be a Ubisoft Netflix TV show on the way
IP from Ubisoft’s portfolio could be making its way to digital streaming service Netflix. That’s according to a story from Reuters, which says that CEO Yves Guillemot told reporters that the firm was in talks with Netflix over a TV series. Which property is set for the streaming platform is …
Read More »Developer Drool on why Thumper is not a rhythm title
One of the most interesting rhythm games to hit the market in the recent memory is Thumper from two-man studio Drool. Rather than having consumers play along to pop and rock hits, like in Guitar Hero, Thumper has players hitting buttons sparingly to a soundtrack that can only be described …
Read More »When Dark Souls met Ninja Gaiden: Team Ninja talks Nioh
2016 is seeing the release of several much-awaited and long in development titles. This month sees Final Fantasy XV – originally announced in 2006 as Final Fantasy XIII Versus – while The Last Guardian, which began development in 2007, is set to hit shelves in December. But the start of …
Read More »Why LawBreakers ditched free-to-play
2016 has been the year of many things. It’s when virtual reality took off; when Pokmon Go briefly changed how society functioned and when video game films suddenly became ‘a thing’ once more. But it’s also been the year where the team shooter genre took off again. Perhaps inspired by …
Read More »How G2A plans to win over the industry
Despite what CEO Bartosz Skwarczek tells MCV when we sit down for our interview, the last twelve months have not been overly positive for codes marketplace G2A. In October 2015, League of Legends maker Riot asked teams sponsored by the retailer to remove its branding from their shirts and merchandise. …
Read More »Dovetail: Train Sim World sets a new bar for simulation sector
Simulation specialist Dovetail Games has said that its next generation Train Simulator title, Train Sim World, raises the bar for quality in the market. Speaking to MCV, COO Jon Rissik said that the simulation sector has been blighted by some low quality releases, but that sim projects can now compete …
Read More »EA triumphant in massive month for UK games retail
October 2016 was a blockbuster sales period, with revenue from physical games rising 50 per cent year-on-year according to GfK Entertainment. 90.5m was made from boxed software sales for the month, while 2.4m games were sold – an increase of 41 per cent over October 2015. EA once again came …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption 2 reveal reception beat Take-Two’s already high expectations
The reaction to Red Dead Redemption 2’s announcement surprised even publisher Take-Two. Speaking to MCV ahead of the company’s financial report, CEO Strauss Zelnick said that the number of views the title’s initial trailer received were higher than the firm’s own high expectations. The game was teased via a logo …
Read More »CCP discusses Eve Valkyrie and being a VR pioneer
CCP’s VR dogfighting title Eve Valkyrie was one of the most visible virtual reality titles ahead its launch earlier this year. We catch up with the game’s global brand manager Ryan Geddes to see how the roll out of both Valkyrie and virtual reality has gone. Eve Valkyrie launched in …
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