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The developer of That Dragon, Cancer has revealed that the game has sold as few as 14k units. The emotional title is an ode to the short life of its creator Ryen Green’s son, Joel, who died of cancer at the age of five. The game received considerable press coverage, …
Read More »Yet more rumours point to more powerful PS4
Another report claiming that Sony has a new, more powerful version of the PS4 in the works has emerged online. The Wall Street Journal claims that Sony is indeed planning a more powerful version of its console that is designed to handle higher-end game experiences” and VR. This follows identical …
Read More »This year’s Call of Duty is a futuristic sci-fi shooter, report says
Having flirted with the near-future, 2016’s Call of Duty will mark a more radical departure for the series. Eurogamer reports that online rumours about the game being set in the very far future”, featuring space combat” and being full-on sci-fi” are correct. Infinity Ward is indeed the developer, but the …
Read More »Blizzard to remove sexualised Tracer pose, provoking predictable outcry
Subsets of the games community are crying ‘censorship’ once again after Blizzard has said it will pull sexually exploitative Overwatch artwork. The pose in question depicts Tracer looking over her shoulder at the viewer, displaying her lycra-clad behind. It’s a position that nearly every female game or superhero movie star …
Read More »15 year-old MMO is making $100m a month for Shanda Games
Chinese mobile games publisher Shanda Games is enjoying remarkable success from an unlikely source. The Legend of Mir Mobile is a port of 15 year-old Korean MMO The Legend of Mir 2. Tech In Asia reports that vice chair Zhu Xiaojing has said that the game is earning currently between …
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: Would the games industry rather fight 1 horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses?
As readers of MCV magazine will know, last month saw the introduction of a brand new section in which we ask THE burning question at the heart of the games industry. That question is this: Would you rather fight one horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? We didn’t want you …
Read More »Sony kicks off new PlayStation smartphone push
PlayStation Mobile may be dead, but Sony has used its demise as a platform to kick off a brand new push to release content onto smartphones. The news follows hot on the heels of the release of Nintendo’s first smartphone title, Miitomo, last week. Sony has formed a new company …
Read More »Legal dispute could see Ark: Survival Evolved pulled from sale
An argument has erupted between two developers that could jeopardise successful Early Access title Ark: Survival Evolved. As detailed by Kotaku, Dungeon Defenders developer Trendy Entertainment has alleged that one of its former employees, Jeremy Stieglitz, breached his non-compete clause by secretly working for Studio Wildcard on the development of …
Read More »Further source says PS4.5 is ‘real’
A second outlet has gone on record to report that Sony is working on an enhanced version of the PS4. Eurogamer now says that it has independently established that it’s real”, saying the internal name it has heard most often is the ‘PlayStation 4K’. This follows on from a Kotaku …
Read More »UPDATED: Are these leaked images of the NX controller?
ORIGINAL STORY 18/03/16: A snapshot has appeared online that claims to give us our first glimpse of the Nintendo NX controller. The picture comes from Reddit, although Dual Pixels appears to be also claiming some of the credit. The controller that’s shown seems to closely mirror a design first seen …
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