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Sony’s latest financials have revealed a bright 12 months for the company’s games business. For the fiscal year ended March 31st, the platform holder reported 14.8 million unit sales for PS4. This is almost double the 7.5 million seen in FY2013, although given that the console was only around for …
Read More »Japanese visual novel Danganronpa sells 200,000 units in the West
PlayStation Vita-exclusive franchise Danganronpa has helped to establish a market for Japanese visual novel games in the West. That’s according to Takuro Yamashita, CEO and president of NIS America, which is the publisher for the titles in the US and Europe. Combined sales of the first two Danganronpa titles – …
Read More »Athletics and eSports governing bodies unite in effort to combat ‘lazy stereotypes’
Pro-gaming’s desire to be classified as a ‘real’ sport may be one step closer to fruition, following a deal struck between an eSports body and a global athletics organisation. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has joined forces with its competitive gaming counterpart, the International eSports Federation (IeSF). Specifically, …
Read More »Green Man Gaming to serve as official Gfinity Championship supplier
UK eSports firm Gfinity and digital games retailer Green Man Gaming have penned a deal surrounding the former’s upcoming pro-gaming tournament. Under the new partnership – the second-such collaboration in as many weeks for Gfinity, following its two-year hookup with The Sun owner News UK – Green Man Gaming will …
Read More »DayZ dev Dean Hall: ‘I would love to make mods for Grand Theft Auto’
The developer behind highly successful open-world zombie MMO DayZ has said he would love to create his own content for Grand Theft Auto. Discussing the addition of paid mods by Valve to its Steam Workshop content marketplace, Dean Hall expressed his desire to see bigger studios offer access to their …
Read More »DayZ, Garry’s Mod and Dear Esther creators weigh in on Steam Workshop paid modding debate
The developers behind successful PC hits DayZ, Garry’s Mod and Dear Esther, all of which saw their origins as mods for other games, have weighed in on Valve’s recent introduction (and subsequent removal) of paid modding. Steam Workshop saw the ability to charge for mods added a few days ago, …
Read More »Gears of War to be remastered for Xbox One – report
One of the Xbox 360’s defining shooters could be set to make a return on the Xbox One, if reports are to be believed. A remastered version of 2006 cover-based shooter Gears of War was first spotted by Polygon, which noted that a number of Xbox One players were playing …
Read More »Margin Makers: Guide to Bethesda merchandise
Wolfenstein, Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Dishonored – Bethesda has produced some of the most talked-about titles in games. MCV investigates the publisher’s impressive repertoire In terms of commercial and critical success, there are few publishers that can match up to the creative output of Bethesda. Founded in 1986, the company’s perhaps …
Read More »‘We don’t let business affect the game in the middle’: Lionhead on taking Fable free-to-play
When Lionhead Studios made the decision to turn its latest entry in the long-running Fable franchise free-to-play, it knew one thing: not everyone was going to love it. The outlet announced back in February that upcoming co-operative action RPG Fable Legends wouldn’t cost a penny on either of its release …
Read More »Capcom reveals Ghostbusters Puzzle Fighter for iOS
The latest Ghostbusters game is coming to iOS in the form of a puzzle-card game-RPG mashup. Ghostbusters Puzzle Fighter, due out in June, will be developed by Beeline, the studio behind the freemium Ghostbusters mobile game released back in 2013. Despite embracing the moniker of Capcom’s popular Street Fighter-tile-matching hybrid …
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