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$25m Call of Duty Endowment comes to the UK - charity microtransaction will help veterans find good jobs
After huge success in the US, Activision is bringing its Call of Duty Endowment programme to the UK. Funded by an in-game purchase in Call of Duty: Black Ops III, ...
Why Daedalic's point-and-click adventure The Pillars of the Earth will be a hit on consoles
As the physical edition of Daedalic's point-and-click adventure The Pillars of the Earth hits shelves today (September 8th), CEO Carsten Fichtelmann (pictured below) has told MCV he hopes the PS4 ...
LA Noire is Rockstar's first Nintendo title in eight years and its first VR title ever
The release line-up of Take 2, both Rockstar studios and 2K, has looked somewhat thin this year, given the delay to Red Dead Redemption 2 and there only being a ...
Real Farm gets gameplay trailer and release date for PC and consoles
Publisher Soedesco has just announced that its new IP Real Farm will be released on the 20th of October. That date is for both digital and physical releases across PS4, ...
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Bethesda's Hines teases unannounced 2017 title to bolster already-packed release schedule
UPDATE: Hines has since tried to retract his statement via a tweet, saying: "I probably just had a concussion from the beating I took online and was rambling. ...
'Now's the time to drive people into high-end VR,' says Oculus' Jason Rubin
When Oculus temporarily dropped the price of its Rift + Touch bundle to £399 to kick off its Summer of Rift sale at the start of July, there were plenty ...
eBay strengthens games offer with dedicated shop
Ecommerce giant eBay is about to launch a new hub for physical media called The Entertainment Shop. Among others, it will offer a “selection of new, catalogue and pre-owned games ...
How to review a game like Destiny 2? Gamesradar+ and Eurogamer discuss their approaches
Destiny 2 launched today, but if you go and take a look on Metacritic you'll find that all the big gaming sites are still working on their reviews. A quick ...
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Destiny 2 launches smoothly despite reported PS4 Pro crashes
Launching a gigantic game that only works when players are connected to the server is always something of a nervous time. However, Destiny 2's rolling worldwide launch over the last ...
Margin Makers: Guide to Destiny 2 merchandise
Destiny is finally coming back to consoles today, and is also heading to PC for the first time next month. Initially rumoured for a 2016 release, Destiny 2 was ...
Resilient retail - UK retailers discuss stock shortages, Switch and Brexit
This year has already brought a few shocks and surprises to retail. The first few months of 2017 had its usual new entries in best-selling franchises such as Resident Evil ...
Resident Evil 7 Gold Edition returns to retail this December
Capcom's Resident Evil 7 will be returning to retail with a new Gold Edition on December 12th later this year, the publisher has announced.
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Minecraft Marketplace community partners have earned over $1m since June
Creators using Mojang's Minecraft Marketplace have made more than $1 million since the service launched in June, the company has announced.
Ubisoft announces two new studios and record investment in Quebec
During a livestream earlier today, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot announced the creation of a new studio in Saguenay (Quebec, Canada) and a massive investment plan for the region – the ...
Fast Travel Games raises $2.1m in Series A funding for new VR title
Fast Travel Games, the VR studio founded by ex-EA, Rovio and DICE employees, has announced it's raised a $2.1m series A funding rounded. The funding was led by leading Nordic ...
Merge Games: Embracing the Switch and why PC retail is more important than ever
We catch up with founder and managing director Luke Keighran to talk about how Merge Games embraced the Switch, why special editions of PC titles are still relevant and why indie ...
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Swedish games industry generated €1.4bn in revenue in 2016
Revenue from Swedish game developers increased to €1.4bn in 2016, showing a growth of 1,000 per cent since 2010, according to the 2017 edition of the Swedish Game Developer Index.
Ubisoft announces Assassin's Creed Origins partnership with Monster Energy
Ubisoft has announced a new partnership between its upcoming Assassin's Creed Origins title and Monster Energy. Not only will more 500m Monster Energy drinks receive custom Assassin's Creed Origins character ...
Swery's The Good Life arrives on crowd-funding platform Fig
Swery, the creator of Deadly Premonition and D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die and founder of new indie studio White Owls, has announced that his next game will be funded ...
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy holds second UK No.1
Switch exclusive Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle didn’t manage to take the top spot for its first week in the charts, as Uncharted: The Lost Legacy remained No.1 for a ...
Samsung partners with Xbox One X for exclusive US marketing and retail deal
The US branch of Samsung is teaming up with Xbox for an exclusive marketing and retail partnership around the Xbox One X, the electronics manufacturer has announced.
Nintendo Switch hits 1.5m sales in Japan
The Nintendo Switch has hit the 1.5m milestone in Japan, according to the latest figures from Famitsu, after the Switch version of Capcom's Monster Hunter XX knocked Dragon Quest XI ...
Community Centre: Chris Roberts and Blue Byte say Gamescom is all about community
While E3 has started experimenting with letting consumers onto its show floor, with inevitable teething problems around the most popular stands, Gamescom has long had a model that works well – ...
A torrent of video: IGN and Facebook on Gamescom 2017
Video is now the lingua franca of gaming coverage – and at this year's Gamescom it came, as ever, in a myriad of forms: studio-style news coverage and interviews, game preview ...
MCV Jobs Weekly: Green Man Gaming, Sold Out, PlayStack and more
In this week's roundup: Green Man Gaming hires new performance marketing EVP, Ukie's Blackwell becomes the Mayor of London’s first chief digital officer, a new marketing director arrives at Sold Out, ...
