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As Mario celebrates his 30th birthday and with Super Mario Maker now on shelves, MCV thought this would be a prime opportunity to look back at the classic franchise Mario: it’s a name that has defined the entire video games industry for decades, with no need for an introduction. Nintendo’s …
Read More »Award-winning mobile game 80 Days sets sail for PC later this month
Hit iOS and Android title 80 Days is coming to PC and Mac in an expanded and revamped form. Inspired by the iconic Jules Verne novel Around The World In Eighty Days (rather than the god-awful 2004 Steve Coogan/Jackie Chan movie effort), from which it takes its moniker, 80 Days …
Read More »Rockstar calls time for GTA Online on Xbox 360 and PS3, halts further updates
Nearly two years after Grand Theft Auto V’s online multiplayer was launched, the service appears to be reaching its end-of-life on the older generation of consoles. In an announcement of major changes coming to Grand Theft Auto Online on PS4, Xbox One and PC on September 15th, Rockstar said that …
Read More »AMD spins-off graphics division
New division to focus on GPUs, virtual reality and augmented reality
Read More »AMD spins-off graphics division, will focus on GPUs and VR
AMD’s graphics card offering is now a business all of its own. The PC tech firm, which produces both CPUs and GPUs, has created the dedicated Radeon Technologies Group, named after its successful line of graphics cards, in order to double-down in its graphical endeavours. Calling the move a ‘strategic …
Read More »Mobile game Pokémon Go to bring pocket monsters into the real world via GPS
A new app claims to finally achieve the dream of every child of the 1990s: make the world of Pokmon a reality. Of course, having an electric mouse and psychic ghosts run around the streets of London is a little outside the realm of possibility, but free mobile game Pokmon …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid V sells nearly 500,000 units in Japan
Hideo Kojima’s Metal Gear Solid swansong sold almost half a million copies across PS3 and PS4 in its debut week. That’s according to the latest data from Famitsu, which shows that the PS4 SKU of open-world stealth game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain shifted over 315,000 units last …
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to Metal Gear Solid merchandise
Konami’s stealth-action franchise is one of gaming’s greatest – and 2015 marks the biggest entry in the series yet. MCV gears up with the latest MGS merchandise There are few games franchises as iconic as Metal Gear Solid. Whether it’s the blaring red exclamation mark of alerted enemies, the man-sized …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed soundtracks coming to CD and vinyl
The musical scores from Ubisoft’s historical stealth-action series Assassin’s Creed are coming to physical formats for the first time later this year. The publisher has teamed up with licensing partnerSumthing Else Music Works to release the soundtracks from all of the core console entries in the franchise so far on …
Read More »Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is headed to PC
Cult RPG Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen will be adventuring onto PC early next year, publisher Capcom has announced. The original Dragon’s Dogma was originally launched on PS3 and Xbox 360 back in 2012, with the expanded and enhanced re-release Dark Arisen following in early 2013. Now the game is set …
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