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Square Enix’s reboot of Lara Croft’s adventures will be released worldwide on March 5th, 2013. The launch date was revealed at the end of a new gameplay trailer released to coincide with E3. You can check out the sneaky, bloodied, deer-hunting, rock-crumbling goodness for yourself below. Tomb Raider was originally …
Read More »New Gears of War confirmed
Master Chief is not the only one making a comeback – the COG forces will return in a brand new Gears of War title. The shadowy teaser image you can see to the right is the cover of the latest issue of GameInformer, and the US mag reports it is …
Read More »INTERNATIONAL FACTFILE: Ireland
Like the UK, the Irish games retail market took a hit with the fall of GAME. In fact, the impact was more severe, as all RoI GAME stores closed after the retailer went into administration. Famously, some former GAME staff orchestrated a sit-in in protest against the lack of an …
Read More »Epic wins Unreal lawsuit against Silicon Knights
Unreal developer Epic Games has been awarded damages of $4.45m as it defeated a lawsuit from Silicon Knights. The latter studio claimed Epic has supplied a botched version of Unreal Engine 3, which was used to develop 2008 Xbox 360 RPG Too Human. Silicon Knights claimed as far back as …
Read More »Mac version confirmed as The Witcher 2 nears 2m sales
Cult RPG hit The Witcher 2 has sold more than 1.7m copies worldwide in its first year. The game debuted on PC in May 2011, and was more recently released on Xbox 360 back in April. Developer CD Projekt Red has confirmed that a Mac version is now in the …
Read More »E3 PREVIEW: Are you ready?
It’s going to be busy and tiring, and despite absolutely flying by, at the end of it you’ll be close to death. But at least you’ll spend most of it drunk. We love E3, right? But the scope for catastrophe is huge, so MCV asked a number of the UK …
Read More »E3 PREVIEW: The UK’s most wanted
MCVasks journalists which titles they’re most looking forward to getting their hands on in Los Angeles… Dave Cook -Games Editor, NowGamerI’m most looking forward to Call of Duty: Black Ops II, which sounds a bit naff, but I’m genuinely interested to see what the time-skip to the near future will …
Read More »Wiltshire named new Edge editor
Alex Wiltshire has been promoted to editor of Edge magazine. He joined the team in 2007 as deputy editor, leaving his previous role on monthly design and architecture magazine Icon. Tony Mott continues as editor-in-chief and takes on additional responsibilities, developing new projects such as an iPad edition. Meanwhile, Edge’s …
Read More »What’s Out Today? w/e May 25th, 2012
Ubisoft assaults the FPS market with the long-awaited return of its flagship Tom Clancy shooter. Ghost Recon: Future Soldier equips players with the weapons of tomorrow and throws them into some of the world’s deadliest battlefield. The new Gunsmith mechanic allows them to craft more advanced weaponry, complete with motion …
Read More »PREVIEW: MCM Expo London
The MCM Expos are among Britain’s biggest entertainment showcases and the London oneis the flagship event. The expo celebrates the worlds of movies, manga, comics, TV – and, of course, video games. Over the years, gaming’s presence at MCM has grown, with more and more publishers signing up to exhibit …
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