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Andrew House, the president of the PlayStation business, says the company will go after more third-party exclusives for PS4 this year. The move is designed to counter what House calls a ‘sparse’ line-up of first-party games. When he says exclusives, he doesn’t necessarily mean complete exclusives. We were able to …
Read More »Lorry transporting Splatoon stock has been hijacked
A lorry transporting Splatoon stock from Nintendo’s warehouse to GAME has been stolen, GAME has updated its customers with the news, and says that it is unable to satisfy orders of the Special Edition of the game, which includes the Squid Amiibo. GAME is instead offering standard versions of the …
Read More »Halo 3: ODST set for Xbox One this Friday
The Halo 3 spin-off ODST will be released on Xbox One on May 29th. The game will join the Master Chief Collection, which also includes Halo 1, 2, 3 and 4. ODST was announced late last year as compensation for gamers that suffered from the Master Chief Collection’s troubled launch …
Read More »Video Games LIVE coming to Gamescom
The Video Games LIVE touring music concert is coming to Gamescom. The show will perform every night at the home of Gamescom – Koelnmesse – from 8pm on Friday, August 8th, Saturday, August 9th and from 6pm on Sunday, August 10th. The concerts will feature music from iconic game franchises, …
Read More »Resident Evil 0 remake set for early 2016
The prequel to the Resident Evil series is launching on the new consoles in early 2016, complete with shiny new visuals. Resident Evil 0 was a GameCube exclusive when it launched in 2003, a Wii port arrived shortly after, but it has never left Nintendo platforms. Now the game will …
Read More »E3 needs to deliver – but don’t lose hope yet, there’s cause for optimism
If you’ve been reading MCV recently, you’ll know there’s a general nervousness over the weakness of the current release slate for PS4, Xbox One and Wii U. The recent announcements of Disney Infinity, LEGO Dimensions, Guitar Hero and Rock Band have done little to allay fears over a Christmas that’s …
Read More »Take-Two joins call for more digital data
The CEO of Take-Two says the lack of digital data in the games market is misleading. Speaking in an exclusive interview with MCV, Strauss Zelnick said that a lot of the stories around the games sector are negative because the true value of the industry is not known. His comments …
Read More »Take-Two: ‘We are not in the business of congratulating ourselves’
The US games giant is riding high after posting its two strongest financial years ever back-to-back, and selling in 52m units of GTA V. Now, with over $1bn in the bank, what’s next for Take-Two? Christopher Dring asks CEO Strauss Zelnick The popularity of GTA Online and your digital sales …
Read More »E3 ‘must deliver games’, warns UK retail
E3 2015 ‘must deliver games’ as the event’s pre-show press conferences are finalised. UK stores have told MCV that they’re concerned over the number of big games pushed out of 2015, including Uncharted 4, Zelda, The Division and Dead Island 2. We are holding out hope that E3 will deliver …
Read More »Major 2K Games title to be announced ‘soon’
2K Games will release a major triple-A game before March 2016, Take-Two has announced. The firm would not be drawn on what the game is, and CEO Strauss Zelnick would not even confirm if the title will appear at E3 next month. "We leave these announcements to the labels," he …
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