Entries in 'MCV USA' (919)

Sonic Dash goes free to play on iOS

Sonic Dash goes free to play on iOS

Hardlight Studio’s endless runner Sonic Dash has ditched its price tag, and is now free to download on Apple’s App Store.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Apr 2nd 2013 at 7:25AM in News
Best of PSN compilation rated by ESRB

Best of PSN compilation rated by ESRB

Sony appears to be planning bundled retail releases for various PSN games, according to an ESRB listing.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Apr 2nd 2013 at 7:05AM in News
Steam top ten sellers chart: March 24-30

Steam top ten sellers chart: March 24-30

Valve has revealed the latest weekly top selling products on Steam, with Bioshock Infinite out in front again for its launch week.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 31st 2013 at 8:49PM in News
Former Diablo III director: Auction Houses 'really hurt' game

Former Diablo III director: Auction Houses 'really hurt' game

Former Diablo III director Jay Wilson has admitted that both the real-money and in-game gold Auction Houses “really hurt the game.”

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 29th 2013 at 8:05AM in News

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Wii U Miiverse smartphone integration expected by May

Wii U Miiverse smartphone integration expected by May

Nintendo’s Miiverse web and smartphone app for Wii U is inching closer to arrival.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 29th 2013 at 7:35AM in News
YouTube announces new live-streaming video API for game devs

YouTube announces new live-streaming video API for game devs

YouTube has announced a new set of application programming interfaces to help developers in the process of live streaming their games.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 29th 2013 at 7:15AM in News
Report: PC gaming software sales hit $20bn in 2012

Report: PC gaming software sales hit $20bn in 2012

The global PC gaming software market ballooned to $20bn last year, according to a new report by industry research group DFC Intelligence.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 28th 2013 at 10:55AM in News
Minecraft surpasses 6m sales on XBLA

Minecraft surpasses 6m sales on XBLA

The Xbox 360 edition of Minecraft has reached yet another milestone.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 28th 2013 at 10:17AM in News

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Journey dominates GDC Awards; Cart Life tops IGF

Journey dominates GDC Awards; Cart Life tops IGF

Both the Game Developers Choice Awards and Independent Games Festival held their ceremonies last night at GDC in San Francisco, and – to little surprise – thatgamecompany’s Journey has again hogged all ...

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 28th 2013 at 9:35AM in News
Sony open to early access alphas and betas for Playstation games

Sony open to early access alphas and betas for Playstation games

As part of its continuing push to bring in more indie titles, Sony has revealed plans for player access to alpha and beta versions of games being developed for Playstation’s ...

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 27th 2013 at 10:49AM in News
Incredipede launch day sales on Steam surpass previous four months

Incredipede launch day sales on Steam surpass previous four months

Indie developer Northway Games has revealed its IGF-nominated title Incredipede sold more copies in its first 24 hours on Steam, than the previous four months of independent sales combined.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 27th 2013 at 10:36AM in News
Plants vs Zombies Adventures hits Facebook in beta, PvZ2 delayed

Plants vs Zombies Adventures hits Facebook in beta, PvZ2 delayed

Plants vs Zombies Adventures, a social take on PopCap’s casual tower defense franchise, has landed on Facebook in beta form.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 27th 2013 at 10:15AM in News

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Ecco the Dolphin spiritual successor The Big Blue hits Kickstarter

Ecco the Dolphin spiritual successor The Big Blue hits Kickstarter

The team behind Ecco the Dolphin has launched a Kickstarter campaign for The Big Blue, a spiritual successor of the 1992 Sega-published classic.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 26th 2013 at 7:20AM in News
RetroN 5 adds Famicom to Nintendo and Sega cartridge slots

RetroN 5 adds Famicom to Nintendo and Sega cartridge slots

Hyperkin’s RetroN 4 console reveal earlier this month turned out to be only part of the story.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 26th 2013 at 6:55AM in News
Limbo revealed for Vita, lands later this year

Limbo revealed for Vita, lands later this year

Playdead’s macabre platformer Limbo is heading to PS Vita, Sony announced today at GDC.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 26th 2013 at 6:30AM in News
Civilization V: Brave New World expansion revealed, launches in July

Civilization V: Brave New World expansion revealed, launches in July

A new Civilization V expansion is in the works, with 2K Games and Firaxis revealing XCOM units will join the fray.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 25th 2013 at 8:27AM in News

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'Full' XCOM: Enemy Unknown lands on iOS this summer

'Full' XCOM: Enemy Unknown lands on iOS this summer

XCOM: Enemy Unknown will receive a full port for iOS, Firaxis Games has announced.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 25th 2013 at 8:17AM in News
Steam top ten sellers chart: March 17-23

Steam top ten sellers chart: March 17-23

Valve has revealed the latest top sellers chart for the week ending on March 23rd, with Bioshock Infinite snatching the top spot away from the Arma 3 Alpha.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 25th 2013 at 7:40AM in News
Star Wars: The Old Republic registers 2m new accounts since F2P switch

Star Wars: The Old Republic registers 2m new accounts since F2P switch

Star Wars: The Old Republic has seen an increase of 2m new accounts since switching to the free-to-play model last November.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 22nd 2013 at 6:45AM in News
Kickstarter game projects total $107.6m in pledges

Kickstarter game projects total $107.6m in pledges

Kickstarter pledges have totaled over $22m thus far in 2013, with $107.6m pledged lifetime to games alone on the crowdfunding site.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 22nd 2013 at 6:30AM in News
Metro producer: Last Light on PC "the best looking game, period"

Metro producer: Last Light on PC "the best looking game, period"

Metro: Last Light producer Huw Beynon has written a verbal check he fully expects 4A Games' shooter to cash.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 22nd 2013 at 5:40AM in News
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm moves 1.1m units in two days

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm moves 1.1m units in two days

The second act in the StarCraft II trilogy sold around 1.1m copies worldwide in its first two days of availability, Blizzard has announced.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 22nd 2013 at 5:25AM in News
GameStick ships out to developers next week

GameStick ships out to developers next week

GameStick creator PlayJam has revealed dev kits for its portable Android console will start shipping next week, when the hardware will be making its first public appearance at GDC 2013.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 21st 2013 at 8:15AM in News
MMO Tera's free-to-play switch scores over 1.4m new US accounts

MMO Tera's free-to-play switch scores over 1.4m new US accounts

The North American version of Tera: Rising has pulled in 1.4m new accounts since going free-to-play in February, En Masse Entertainment has announced.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 21st 2013 at 7:59AM in News
Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut arrives this April

Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut arrives this April

Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut is set to arrive exclusively on Playstation 3 at the end of next month.

Erik Johnson
by Erik Johnson
on Mar 21st 2013 at 7:38AM in News