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A new entry in Koei Tecmo’s Ninja Gaiden franchise is coming up, but fans hoping for a new game may be disappointed. Composer Keiji Yamagishi announced earlier this week on Twitter that he was working on a new project related to Ninja Gaiden.” I’ll be able to share more news …
Read More »Final Fantasy VII Monopoly launching in 2017
A Final Fantasy–themed Monopoly will be coming out next year. The board game will launch exactly 20 years after the release of Final Fantasy VII on PSOne, on April 14th 2017. It’s already available to pre-order, and is being releasedexclusively on merchandise website Merchoid. The board game will set consumers …
Read More »Her Story launches on Android
Indie smash hit and critical darling Her Story is coming to Google’s Play Store. Her Story launched on iOS last year, at the same time as the PC version, and has finally reached Android devices today. It is currently on sale, at just 2.69. Sam Barlow’s FMV-driven title has met …
Read More »Sci-fi shooter Orion pulled from Steam over allegedly stolen Call of Duty weapons assets
Activision claims that Trek Industries’ shooter Orion has been using assets from Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and Advanced Warfare. The weapon art in question includes the M8A7 rifle, the Haymaker rifle, and the Bal-27 rifle," stated Activision’s request. As a consequence, Orion has been removed from Steam for …
Read More »System Shock remake launches on Kickstarter
Nightdive Studios is trying to bring cult title System Shock back to life. The studio just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a remake of the iconic FPS title. The team’s goal is to raise $900,000, $360,000 of which has already been funded. The campaign will end on July 28th. …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Nintendo UK welcomes new general manager
Wegnez replaces Simon Kemp,Yogscast community manager joins Sold Out and video producer leaves GameSpot. Nintendo hires new UK general manager The platform holder’s UK general manager Simon Kemp has left the firm. He had joined Nintendo in 2012 to replace David Yarnton, having previously worked for the likes of GSK …
Read More »PlayStation and Xbox speak out about their E3 announcements in this week’s MCV
E3 2016 is notreallyover yet. In this week’s MCV, PlayStation’s Jim Ryan and Xbox’s Dave McCarthy discuss what they showed at this year’s E3. We also picked out our favourite games from this year’s show. We also talk to DICE creative director Lars Gustavsson about why the First World War …
Read More »Dino Dini’s Kick Off Revival is a PlayStation exclusive for six months
The new version of Kick Off is only exclusive to PlayStation platforms for six months, it has been confirmed. The PlayStation exclusivity was announced back in October, but the six-month period was only confirmed yesterday toVideogamerby a spokesperson for the game. Publisher Maximum Games did not specify any release date …
Read More »Indie toys-to-life game Fabulous Beasts changes name to avoid Harry Potter confusion
Kickstarted title Fabulous Beasts has had a change of name following trademark issues with Warner Bros. The latter claimed that the toys-to-life game’s title was too similar to that of the upcoming Harry Potter spin-off movie, ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’. Developer Sensible Object thus decided to rename …
Read More »Women in Games new CEO on how she intends to improve diversity in the industry
As the new CEO of Women in Games, Marie-Claire Isaaman hopes to be part of the movement leading to gender equality in the games industry. But actually she has already done her fair share of work to improve diversity, as a researcher and education consultant in games at the Norwich …
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