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MCM Comic Con has been named as the host of Nintendo’s first ever pop-up shop. Stocked with Official Nintendo Store exclusives, fans will be able to get their hands on lucrative items including figurines from The Legend of Zelda, Metroid and Super Mario series. The store will also offer games, …
Read More »Star Citizen dev snaps up Diablo III lead game producer
Blizzard lead game producer Alex Mayberry has joined Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium as executive producer. Mayberry will oversee all product development for the crowdfunded space sim and will manage development across its studios around the world.He will report directly to Cloud Imperium Games CEO and co-founder Chris Roberts. After …
Read More »McDonalds: Our Super Mario Happy Meal promotion was about getting kids active
Fast food giant McDonalds says its latest Happy Meal campaign is using Super Mario to help kids keep fit. Video games and fast food have long been in the crosshairs of health experts crediting both with the rapidly increasing level of obesity amongst UK children. But McDonalds told MCV it …
Read More »Nexon makes quality pledge after poor Q1
Nexon has promised shareholders to renew its focus on quality this week as itsfirst quarter resultsshow revenue and profit growth have slowed. The Korean-based F2P publisher earned 47.5bn in revenue, up seven per cent year-on-year, but down three per cent on a constant currency basis in the three months to …
Read More »Console games market rushes to capitalise on £8bn Chinese goldmine
Publishers and platform holders no longer have to ignore one of the world’s biggest video games markets. China is open for business. Government officials have lifted the 14-year ban on consoles and production of the devices has begun in Shanghai’s free trade zone to be sold in China. In doing …
Read More »PC games have overtaken console games globally..but not in the UK
The PC games sector may be dominant worldwide, but consoles are the real power in the UK and will remain so for years to come, says DFC Intelligence. The analysts revealed last week that on a global scale, PC gaming revenue had overtaken the console market. But whilst that might …
Read More »Dean Hall: ‘DayZ console port should be sooner rather than later’
DayZ will come to consoles, hopefully sooner rather than later, says the game’s creator. Speaking as the title sailed passed 2m copies sold, Dean Hall says that sales have now gone beyond the firm’s own optimistic ‘what if’ predictions. I anticipated strong demand for the game, but its high sales …
Read More »Amazon’s cloud powering secret new Fire TV game project
Amazon will use its cloud technology to handle thousands of characters on screen at once for an ambitious new game on its Fire TV. Discussing the recently revealed microconsole in a new interview withDevelop Amazon’sVP of gamesMike Frazzini teased a new title by the retail giant that has now gone …
Read More »New EVE Online FPS Project Legion in development for PC
CCP has revealed a new first-person shooter from the same team working on its free-to-play console multiplayer game Dust 514. The new title will build on the ideas of the console shooter and expand on them.CCP exec producer Jean-Charles Gaudechon said the new game would offer more of a sandbox …
Read More »Amazing Spider-Man 2 takes No.1 from Titanfall
Activision’s Amazing Spider-Man 2 has knocked off Titanfall to debut at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It’s the publisher’s first No.1 since Call of Duty: Ghosts back in December last year. The game outsold its predecessor The Amazing Spider-Man, which peaked at No.2 in 2012. …
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