MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
The annual ranking at reviews aggregator Metacritic has named Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain as 2015’s highest reviewed game. However, the site’s takeaway message is thus: For the past several years, our year-end report on the year in games has contained a note stating that if the newest …
Read More »Minecraft console edition’s ‘biggest update ever’ hits PlayStation, Xbox platforms
A major new update for Minecraft’s console release has begun rolling out, Mojang has announced. A post on thedeveloper’s blogdetails what the team is calling the console version’s biggest update ever.” We’re constantly improving Minecraft on all platforms but this is actually our biggest update ever, bringing the console versions …
Read More »The Banner Saga hits consoles next month
The PS4 and Xbox One editions of The Banner Saga are due out next month, Versus Evil has announced. The warmly-received tactical RPG will debut on Sony and Microsoft’s current-gen consoles on January 12th. It originally launched for PC, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS back in January 2014. The developer …
Read More »Crytek unveils The Climb as Oculus Rift-exclusive
Crytek has announced The Climb, a virtual reality rock-climbing game in development exclusively for release on Oculus Rift. The game allows players to experience free solo rock climbing, promising to deliver hyper-realistic climbing spots from locations across the globe. It’ll support both Xbox One and Oculus Touch periperhals as well. …
Read More »Fable Legends delayed until 2016
Lionhead has officially announced that the beta for its upcoming free-to-play RPG Fable Legends is being pushed back until next year. In a post on the game’s official website, the studio said that this push back is to ensure a higher quality for the title. The beta was initially set …
Read More »Record US sales for PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U in November – NPD
Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony all saw record revenue for their current-gen console hardware last month, NPD has reported. Hardware sales for November 2015 reached $1.12bn. That’s up 11 per cent compared to the same period last year, driven by a 14 per cent increase in console hardware revenue – which …
Read More »Xbox One Wireless Adapter no longer limited to Windows 10
Consumers can now use their Xbox One gamepad with their Windows 7 and 8.1. Previously the Xbox Wireless Adapter – which connects an Xbox One controller to a PC – was to be limited to Windows 10. This announcement comes via Xbox’s Larry Hryb (aka Major Nelson), who revealed on …
Read More »Spencer "fully expects" another Xbox after the Xbox One
Cloud computing, streaming, smartphones – there are all sorts of tools one could use to form an argument that this generation of consoles will be the last. Indeed, folk have been saying this since before the release of PS4 and Xbox One. Yet this generation is tracking well ahead of …
Read More »Minecraft: Story Mode episode 4 hits later this month
The fourth episode of Minecraft: Story Mode is set to launch later this month, Telltale has revealed. Telltale confirmedthe first season’s penultimate episode will launch later this month across all platforms, adding that the fifth episode is scheduled for a vague 2016 window. More details are said to be on …
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved is coming to Xbox One this month
Steam Early Access darling Ark: Survival Evolved is making its move to Xbox One next week. Studio Wildcard has told IGN it’s bringing Ark to the platform on December 16th and it will set consumers back $34.99. It’s coming to Xbox One courtesy of the the platforms Game Preview program, …
Read More »