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The boss of Sony’s PlayStation business told MCV he is ‘literally scratching his head’ over the game ownership debate that dogged the Xbox One announcement. In an interview with MCV during last night’s PlayStation 4 launch, the CEO told MCV that the firm found it surprising that it was forced …
Read More »UK games retailers gear up for Black Friday
GAME and Green Man Gaming are joining Amazon in a bid to make Black Friday a UK event. Black Friday is a US sales holiday to coincide with Thanksgiving. Amazon has run Black Friday sales over the last few years, and this year’s event – which lasts all week and …
Read More »PS4 stock everywhere as GAME has bundles available at 300 stores
First it was Asda, then Tesco and now GAME has more PS4 stock… at 300 stores and their online website. It’s a particular type of PS4 – the Killzone Mega Pack – which can be ordered from the GAME site and at over 300 stores. The packs are available from …
Read More »Xbox One was Amazon UK’s biggest console launch ever. PS4 will beat it
Xbox One broke Amazon UK’s record for the fastest and biggest console launch in history. Good news for Microsoft but better news for Sony, because according to the online retail giant, PS4 is going to beat that. PS4 is currently the No.1 pre-order items on the firm’s video game chart, …
Read More »Now Tesco has extra PS4 stock for midnight
Tesco is the latest games retailer to announce it has more stock of PlayStation 4 available. The firm says that 150 of its Tesco Extra stores have extra stock of the console, which means quick gamers can pick one up at midnight tonight. It’s available on a first-come, first-served basis. …
Read More »Ashes Cricket 2013 cancelled
It’s bad news for cricket fans, 505 Games has cancelled Ashes Cricket 2013. The game was due in the Summer to coincide with the UK tournament but was delayed because, well, the game was broken. The title’s developers, usually quite adept at cricket games, couldn’t get its new engine to …
Read More »Ubisoft: ‘PS4 and Xbox One will bring back lapsed gamers’
Ubisoft has a huge portfolio of games for Sony and Microsoft’s new machines, including a number of major new IPs. MCVspeaks to UK boss Rob Cooper on the publisher’s sky high expectations for the next-generation. Ubisoft is supporting PS4 and Xbox One with some big new IPs. What are you …
Read More »IGN PS4 app available for free from Friday
IGN’s continued attempts to dominate the games media continues this week with the launch of its PS4 app. The app will launch across 20 countries and will feature everything you’d expect, such as news, previews and reviews. It is being created by IGN parent Ziff Davis and will also arrive …
Read More »Söderlund questions free-to-play console future
The launch of Xbox One and PS4 is awash with free games. Or rather, freemium games. Glorified demos that if players want full access to, they’ll have to pay. Free-to-play has become the dominant force in mobile, almost entirely replacing the premium model. But EA Studios boss Patrick Sderlund is …
Read More »EA: We want to be voted the best company in America
Back in April, EA was voted the worst company in America for the second year on the trot. And you’d expect a games publisher as big as EA, with execs as bullish as Andrew Wilson or Peter Moore, to simply brush that off. After all, EA isn’t exactly supplying guns …
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