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When Strauss Zelnick and his team walked into Take-Two’s offices in 2007, the publisher was in disarray. The firm had become wholly reliant on its indomitable Grand Theft Auto series. It had been damaged by financial scandal involving a former CEO. And it was posting huge losses. So in March …
Read More »Ubisoft heading to Rezzed PC games show
PC and indie games expo Rezzed returns later this month, with a string of major Ubisoft titles set to appear. Splinter Cell: Blacklist, The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot, Might & Magic: Duel of Champions, Trials Evolution Gold and Ghost Recon Online will be available on the show floor. Ubisoft …
Read More »Ubisoft dismisses Watch Dogs vs GTA V battle
Developer Ubisoft Montreal is confident Watch Dogs can stand-out from Grand Theft Auto V. The ambitious new IP from Ubisoft is an open-world action game that has similiarities to the GTA series, at least in appearance. The game arrives two months after GTA V hits shelves, but speaking in an …
Read More »Bungie: We need to prove ourselves with Destiny
It may be behind one of the biggest game franchises of all time, but Bungie insists it still needs to prove itself. At E3 next week the Halo developer is demoing its new FPS, Destiny, live at the PlayStation press conference. And the studio’s senior writer Eric Osborne says that …
Read More »E3: Watch Dogs is ready for LA expo
Violent shooter followed by violent shooter. A Wii U reveal that failed to hit the mark. No next generation consoles. E3 2012 will be remembered for many things, and not any of them good. Well, except one thing. The day before E3 opened its doors, Ubisoft held its usual pre-event …
Read More »PlayStation, Nintendo and Xbox set for epic E3
All three platform holders are ready for what they hope will be their biggest and most important E3s to-date. Microsoft will go all-out to reveal games for Xbox One at the show, in a bid to answer criticism about its console’s focus on non-games functionality. It won’t just be Xbox …
Read More »Those Xbox Live gamers sure do love Minecraft
The UK Xbox Live Arcade charts are in. And in the least shocking news of the day – Minecraft is No.1. It’s always No.1. That’s not true, actually. There was this one time a few weeks ago when Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (this week No.5) was No.1. It was …
Read More »Take-Two: Xbox One and PS4 won’t hurt GTA V sales
The biggest game of the year won’t be at E3 and is not even coming to the next generation of consoles. GTA V in September is set to be one of ‘the biggest and most important launches of the current console generation,’ says Take-Two. The game arrives just a few …
Read More »Activision on why Skylanders isn’t afraid of Disney Infinity
Skylanders is the best selling video game this year, so perhaps it was inevitable that a kids giant like Disney would try to take a cut of the market. MCV asks Skylanders business unit VP Joshua Taub and VP of marketing John Coyne what they are doing in response. And …
Read More »MCV E3 Special ‘leaked’ online
Someone over on the MCV team has made a huge error and ‘accidentally’ released the digital edition of this week’s bumper sized E3 issue a day early. You can read it right now. We’re not naming names, but it was James. It’s not just any old issue. It’s our E3 …
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