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Nostalgia is a valuable currency in the games industry, but there’s one UK studio that knows this better than most. Formed by several ex-Rare employees, many of whom worked there during the firm’s iconic N64 years, Playtonic Games is just over a fortnight away from releasing its debut title, Yooka-Laylee, …
Read More »Tequila Works: not all indie games are a good fit for retail
Tequila Works, whose upcoming title Rime is coming to retail on PS4 and Xbox One on May 26th, has told MCV that a boxed release isn’t necessarily the best fit for indie games, saying instead that the money used on bringing a title to shop shelves could potentially be better …
Read More »Indies sing praises of Microsoft’s ID@Xbox programme
Independent developers have called Microsoft’s ID@Xbox programme hugely important” to the games industry, and have singled it out as one of the easiest digital publishing platforms to work on across all platform holders. Speaking to MCV at an ID@Xbox preview event this week, several developers were very warm in their …
Read More »New 3DS XL up 138% in Japan thanks to Monster Hunter XX’s 1m sales
Capcom’s Monster Hunter XX has already smashed the 1m mark in Japan, according to the latest data from Famitsu, prompting a 138 per cent rise in New Nintendo 3DS LL sales compared to the previous week. Nintendo’s 2DS and New 3DS also saw a sales lift last week, growing 36 …
Read More »Yogscast on YouTube vs Twitch and its future as a ‘full-blown media company’
There was a time when The Yogscast was synonymous with World of Warcraft and Minecraft Let’s Play videos. Since then, however, the Bristol-based production firm has grown into a full-blown media company with multiple brands across a variety of digital platforms. Not only does it have a network of over …
Read More »Interest in Switch high, but it’s still too expensive, says UK public
Over half the UK population was aware of the Nintendo Switch prior to its launch on March 3rd, but only just under a third of that figure are actually interested in buying the console in the next three months, a new report from Harris Interactive has found. Unsurprisingly, awareness of …
Read More »Digital spending soars while physical shrinks over 50% in ten years
Consumer spending in games has increased 72 per cent between 2007 and 2016, but physical spending has fallen by 54.9 per cent during the same period, according to a new report from the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). Boxed games are now worth less than half their value in 2007, totalling …
Read More »Exclusive: PlayStation Access to depart Yogscast
The team behind PlayStation Access, PlayStation UK’s award-winning YouTube channel, is to leave its current home at The Yogscast to form a new video-focused creative agency called We Are Reach, MCV can reveal. PlayStation Access will continue to be the team’s main focus at We Are Reach, but the move …
Read More »Horizon Zero Dawn hits 2.6m global sales
Sony has confirmed that its PS4 exclusive Horizon Zero Dawn has already surpassed 2.6m sales worldwide after just two weeks on shop shelves. This makes it the best-selling new first party IP launch on the PS4 to date and developer Guerrilla Games’ biggest ever debut. "We knew Horizon Zero Dawn …
Read More »IHS: World console market down in 2016 but PS4 claims 51% share over Xbox One’s 26%
The UK games industry may be worth a record-breaking 4.33bn according to Ukie’s annual industry valuation this morning, but a new report from IHS Markit paints a slightly gloomier picture for the worldwide console market. The worldwide console market shrunk by 2.5 per cent in 2016, contracting to a consumer …
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