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Localised IGN websites will launch in France and Brazil early next year. The Ziff Davis-owned games brand has teamed up with Webedia Group to launch in the new territories. Webedia owns entertainment websites AlloCine, AdoroCinema and JeauxVideo. IGN now has 23 international versions of its websites in 17 different languages. …
Read More »God of War creator unveils PS4 arena shooter Drawn to Death
God of War and Twisted Metal creator David Jaffe has developed a new arena based shooter with an unusual visual style. Entitled Drawn to Death, the game is the first from his new studio The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency. It was unveiled at the PlayStation Experience at the weekend …
Read More »VIDEO: Nintendo shows new The Legend of Zelda Wii U gameplay
Nintendo showed gameplay for its 2015 blockbuster The Legend of Zelda for Wii U. The video showed Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto play the game alongside franchise creator Eiji Aonuma, and featured some lush wildlife, a huge gameplay map and the horse Epona (who can now ride by itself). There were …
Read More »How PlayStation conquered Europe – Jim Ryan on DriveClub issues, vocal gamers and game delays
On the first anniversary of PS4, PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan tells MCV his thoughts on European domination, broken games, angry consumers, PS4 vs Xbox One and 2015 …on PS4 becoming the No.1 console of 2014 in every single European market PlayStation has always been strong in Europe. Even with …
Read More »GAME launches Christmas Shopper Simulator for PC and Mac
GAME has created its own video game about shopping. Christmas Shopper Simulator lets you walk up escalators, buy things, ‘fall over,’ ‘turn left’ or ‘stop abruptly’. It’s GAME’s effort at doing a Goat Simulator, and looks equally ridiculous/awful/brilliant. In the words of the retailer’s press release, the simulation offers ’15 …
Read More »Future will close CVG
Future has decided to close CVG, MCV has been told. According to sources close to the business, CVG and all of its staff are on consultation and face redundancy. The site may even be closed before the end of the year. CVG is currently the longest-running video games media brand …
Read More »The Secret Games Designer – the making of Xbox One
Carl Ledbetter is a games industry master of disguise. He leads a team of 35 that spent three years building the Xbox One into a machine that blends into the background and gets forgotten. The console’s 16:9 aspect ratio is meant to reflect that of a widescreen TV. The front …
Read More »DayZ creator Dean Hall eyes UK development scene
The creator of zombie-horror hit DayZ is set to move to the UK. New Zealand-born Dean Hall is planning to work with London-based technology firm Improbable, MCV understands. Improbable, which is run by former Crytek general manager Nick Button-Brown, describes itself as a company that is developing ‘experimental technology’ to …
Read More »Xbox One sells 1m in the UK
Xbox One has smashed the one million sales barrier in the UK, MCV can reveal. It’s hit this number after out-selling PlayStation 4 for three weeks in a row, UK retailers have told us. The numbers are based on their GfK Chart-Track reports. The resurgence in Xbox One sales has …
Read More »Can the BBC get games right this time?
The BBC’s plan for the video games market regenerates almost as often as The Doctor. Back in 2005 it closed its Multimedia division – after almost ten years of publishing titles – when the boxed games market crashed. In January 2010, MCV revealed that the firm would return in a …
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