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Deep Silver’s Saints Row IV has seen off plenty of opposition to remain this week’s UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 No.1. Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist hangs on to second, too, although last week’s No.3 – Disney Infinity – is knocked down one place by Square Enix MMO Final …
Read More »FIFA 14 tops Gamescom buzz league but PES 2014 is up for the fight
EA’s FIFA 14 has been crowned as the internet global buzz champion of Gamescom 2014. New research from Way to Blue collating Twitter, blog and online news mentions, saw EA’s football title grab a massive 41 per cent share of the online noise throughout the German trade show. It was …
Read More »Now Nvidia teams up with Warner for Batman: Arkham Origins
Nvidia has announced a second graphics card partnership with an upcoming triple-A title. The GeForce GPU manufacturer is offering free copies of Warner’s Batman: Arkham Origins to anyone who buys a GTX 600 or GTX 700 series graphics card by January 31st 2014. The game will also implement Nvidia-exclusive PC …
Read More »HMV planning midnight openings for Grand Theft Auto V
Entertainment retailer HMV has confirmed that some of its stores will be opening their doors at midnight for Grand Theft Auto V. With the game arriving worldwide on September 17th, the events will be taking place on the evening of Monday September 16th. There’s not much information available at the …
Read More »Success for Steam subtitles campaign
A campaign to get Steam to confirm whether or not a game includes subtitles in its listings has seemingly been a success. MCV reported in July that UK gamer Kristina Barber has began a petition for the addition of such information, saying at the time that I don’t think in …
Read More »Sony: Vita was designed for a different world, but changes are afoot
The PlayStation Vita was designed for a market where smartphones, tablets and freemium games were not the driving force. So when the machine arrived in both 279.99 and 229.99 versions on February 22nd 2012, it unsurprisingly struggled to make an impact on the market. And that, according to Sony’s UK …
Read More »3DS and Vita have "fundamentally different" strategies
Sony and Nintendo have vastly differing handheld visions, as is demonstrated by the contrasting approaches of Vita and 3DS. That’s the opinion of Nintendo marketing executive Scott Moffitt, who has told GameSpot that Nintendo is the one that has got it right. "Certainly, on the handheld side, we’re heading in …
Read More »Lionhead: Microsoft did a ‘great thing’ in responding to consumer feedback
Microsoft has disproved any accusations of aloofness by reversing the controversial policy decisions that dogged its Xbox One announcement. That’s the opinion of Lionhead’s creative director Gary Carr, who seemingly agrees with sentiments previously expressed on MCV that responding to consumer feedback is fundamentally a good thing. "Talking about the …
Read More »Meet Charles ‘The Voice of Mario’ Martinet at John Lewis next week
The Oxford Street branch of John Lewis will next week offer a special opportunity for Nintendo fans. Charles Martinet, known to millions as the voice of Mario and Luigi, will attend a Nintendo event at the store on Saturday September 7th from 9:30am-8:00pm and on Sunday September 8th from 12:30pm-6:00pm. …
Read More »No more PlayStation Home updates in Japan – is the end nigh?
The future of Sony’s ambitious virtual world PlayStation Home looks very uncertain. Kotaku reports that Sony Japan has confirmed that there will be no further updates to the Japanese version of PlayStation Home from September, with no new content being added beyond that point. Support in other Asian regions will …
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