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Street Fighter V is set to become the biggest title in the eSports fighting scene, if Capcom has its way. Marketing director Antoine Molant told MCV @ Gamescom that the firm plans to have a presence at a number of leading eSports events in an attempt to make Street Fighter …
Read More »Nominations open for 2015 GamesAid charities later this month
The UK games industry can nominate charities to receive thousands of pounds from GamesAid, later this month. Between August 17th and August 28th, GamesAid members can put forward organisations they feel are deserving of receiving some of the funds it has raised. Only members of GamesAid are able to nominate …
Read More »LEGO Jurassic Park retakes No.1 spot, Rory McIlroy PGA Tour falls to fourth place
Four weeks after it first claimed the top spot, LEGO Jurassic Park is back to No.1 in the UK All Formats Top 40. It manages this thanks in spite of a 14 per cent dip in sales week-on-week. Last week’s top dog, Rory McIlroy PGA Tour falls to fourth place …
Read More »Ubisoft announces PS4, Xbox One and PC ZombiU port called Zombi
The rumours are true – Ubisoft is releasing a version of Wii U launch title for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Entitled Zombi, the title is coming out as a digital download on August 18th. ZombiU originally came out in 2012 as a Wii U exclusive, launching alongside the …
Read More »Read about EA’s attempts to win over the critics in this week’s issue of MCV
In this week’s MCV we speak to EA COO Peter Moore about its performance at this year’s E3 and its attempts to win over the firm’s numerous critics. We also speak to Telltale Games about the firm’s attempts to give the blockbuster Minecraft a story, whileKoelnmesse’s Tim Endres explains what …
Read More »New senior execs for Multiplay
There have been two new additions to event firm Multiplay’s senior management team. Andy Smith joins as director of events with a wealth of experience in the sector, having managed a variety of events at the Ricoh Arena, where Multiplay events are held. He was also general manager for Compass …
Read More »Fallout Shelter fourth most-downloaded iOS game in June
King’s AlphaBetty Saga claims most downloads for the month
Read More »One indie’s journey to resurrect local multiplayer
In 2012, Geraldo Nascimento left his native Portugal to move to the UK in order to develop games. A life-long gamer, Nascimento started doing software consultancy work during his Master’s degree in computer science at the University of Lisbon, and realised he wanted to make games. But he says going …
Read More »Mobile game Cooking Fever surpasses 50 million downloads
Lithuaninan developer Nordcurrent has revealed that its mobile title Cooking Fever has been downloaded over 50 million times. The title launched last August and is available on both iOS and Android. At the time of writing, Cooking Fever ranks at No.26 in the UK iPhone games chart and at 28th …
Read More »Fallout Shelter was the fourth most-downloaded iOS game in June
Bethesda’s Fallout Shelter was proved rather fruitful for the publisher. The game was globally the fourth best-selling iOS game in June, according to app analytics firm App Annie. But it was King’s AlphaBetty Saga that claimed the top spot. Fallout Shelter was announced on-stage at Betheda’s conference at this year’s …
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