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Just when you thought Q1 next year was busy enough, EA has announced yet another promising new title for March 2013. Fuse is a new IP from the developers of Resistance and Ratchet and Clank, Insomniac. It is the studio’s first multi-platform release, with its previous games exclusive to PlayStation …
Read More »Wii U Price and Date will be revealed tomorrow
It’s been quiet on the Wii U front since E3, but tomorrow, finally, Nintendo will reveal all. The platform holder has confirmed – via a tweet sent by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata – that tomorrow’s Nintendo Direct announcement will include the price, release date and ‘other information’. The firm is …
Read More »Half-Life remake amongst first games given the Greenlight by Valve
Valve has named the first ten titles to successfully pass through its Steam Greenlight process, including a remake of its classic first person shooter – Half-Life. The games, as voted for by the Steam community, are now available in the ‘Greenlit’ section of the digital distribution service until they are …
Read More »Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance still on for Western Xbox 360 launch, despite Japan no-show
The Xbox 360 version of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will come out in Europe, Konami has told MCV, despite it’s cancellation in Japan. Earlier today Metal Gear developer Kojima Productions said that the Xbox 360 version of Revengeance would not be getting a Japanese release. The firm said there were …
Read More »Hitman pre-order bonus could become standalone release
It’s not just one of the greatest pre-order incentives of all time, Hitman Sniper Challenge could also become a game in its own right. Developer IO Interactive told MCV the success of Sniper Challenge has been ‘crazy’. And the mode has even influenced what it is doing within Absolution. People …
Read More »Skyrim is a phenomenon – and Hines wants Dishonored to be too
MCV asks Bethesda’s PR and marketing VP asks if the smash hit RPG has changed the publisher’s ambitions… Were you expecting the numbers you saw with Skyrim? Not at all. We expected it to do really well, but none of us expected it to explode like it did. Although I …
Read More »Rebuilding Tomb Raider: The return of Lara Croft
Lara Croft is a permanent fixture at the MCV offices. Eidos had mocked up an image of her reading your favourite trade weekly to celebrate our first birthday (which was 1999). It still stands proud in our office today, reminding us of a time when the Britsoft pin-up was one …
Read More »Farewell to Psygnosis – former employees share their memories
One of the longest running and most influential UK studios closed its doors last month after 28 years and 168 games. Former employees share their memories with MCV… Steve HoodNow: Creative Director, CodemastersThen: Lead Designer (1997 – 2002) It’s testament to Psygnosis’ strength that it managed to survive so long.It …
Read More »INFOGRAPHIC: The Global State of the Games Media
Print is a dying medium, right? Well, try telling that to the almost 230,000 people that read Moshi Monsters every month, or Game Informer’s ludicrous 7.5m subscribers (8.16m readers in total). Talk of Nintendo Power’s impending closure may imply that the magazine is struggling, but it still retains 475,000 loyal …
Read More »Win Tekken Tag Tournament 2 art
Namco Bandai has teamed up with well-known artists to produce some pretty pictures for its ‘We are Tekken’ campaign. You can view the art (which is all Tekken-related) at a special exhibition in London, which takes place on September 13th to 15th. But before that, MCV has teamed up with …
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