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The brave new online, socially-connected world of video games is not quite proving as revolutionary as we had hoped. So this Christmas a group that call themselves Lizard Squad claim to have brought down PlayStation Network and Xbox Live (via the old DDoS attack), which effectively rendered both PS4 and …
Read More »Cyber bullies spoil Christmas for Xbox and PlayStation
With almost 1m PS4 and Xbox One consoles nestled under UK gamer’s trees yesterday, Christmas Day 2014 was expected to be a successful one for Sony and Microsoft. Yet both consoles were left unworkable yesterday and into today as both Xbox Live and PSN failed. Hacker group Lizard Squad has …
Read More »Official: Future will close CVG website, news and reviews now coming to GamesRadar+
Computerandvideogames.com will close, Future has confirmed. It follows news of several redundancies at the firm, including the website’s editor last week. CVG was a hugely popular brand in the UK and is a games media icon that has lasted 33 years. Future will now add news and reviews content – …
Read More »Bandai Namco changes name as it moves beyond games
Bandai Namco Games has changed its name to Bandai Namco Entertainment. It’s a subtle change but one that is actually more significant than when it altered its name from Namco Bandai to Bandai Namco. The dropping of the word ‘games’ for ‘entertainment’ reflects the firm’s efforts to expand beyond just …
Read More »PS4 smashes 1m sales barrier in France
1m PS4 consoles have now been sold in France, the firm has announced. The milestone follows the UK and then Germany. UK shifted 1m PS4 units in September, followed by Germany in November. PS4 sailed past 1m sales in France on December 17th, which makes the console the fastest-selling games …
Read More »Around the world with MCV: Your free international games guide 2014
This year’s guide to the international games market is now available to read online for free. MCV has published a comprehensive – and free – booklet that acts as a guide to a number of territories around the world, from Italy to Sri Lanka. Around the World with MCV, in …
Read More »Read MCV’s bumper final issue of the year for free
It’s almost time for Christmas, but before team MCV packs up and spends the next few weeks eating our body weight in mince pies, we have one last treat for you. It’s our bumper final issue of the year and it’s rammed with data, insight, interviews and analysis. We spoke …
Read More »You thought it was all over, but PES is back
There was a time, back in the days of PS2, when the match between Konami and EA’s football titles was a real top-of-the-table clash. It was Pro Evolution Soccer, the purist’s game of choice, versus FIFA, the game that had all the big name licences. And while the latter might …
Read More »FIFA 15 favourite for Christmas No.1
FIFA 15 is the overwhelming favourite to be this Christmas’ No.1 video game. That’s according to bookies Paddy Power, Ladbrokes and William Hill… and to be honest we’d be lying if we didn’t agree with them. FIFA 15 is this week’s No.1, ahead of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, which …
Read More »Game of Thrones tops UK Xbox Live Charts
Telltale’s Game of Thrones title has shot straight to the top of the Xbox Live Arcade charts in the UK. It’s one of two Telltale properties in the Top Ten, with its Tales from the Borderlands game reaching No.3. It means that Minecraft has to cope with an unusually low …
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