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Core Online, the HD streaming games service from Square Enix, has been shut down. Visitors to the site are currently greeted with a simple holding image saying Core Online is discontinued”. A statement on the publisher’s support pages adds that: Core Online was released as an experiment to see what …
Read More »Games for Oculus Rift could cost more than on Xbox One and PS4
Some still believe that virtual reality will be the next big thing in games – and it might come at a cost. Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe has admitted that games for the hyped Oculus Rift VR system could cost more than those available on the likes of PS4, Xbox One …
Read More »The console fitness revolution goes mobile
In 2008, Nintendo released the highly successful Wii Fit – a fitness title that went on to sell 23m units and started a series that has sold over 44m copies to date. Suddenly an influx of competitive products emerged from the biggest names in gaming such as EA and Ubisoft. …
Read More »UK games retail scores £600m haul in December
Video game consoles and software made 605.5m for the UK High Street last month, MCV can reveal. The figure is based on GfK Chart-Track reports. Software made265.4m alone but it was the console hardware market that saw the biggest spike, with over 1.25m games machines sold in the UK during …
Read More »Creative England to launch GamesLab West Midlands
Initiative to aid growth of local development hub
Read More »Premium pricing will survive but console F2P important for new IP
Free games are not a threat to triple-A console releases. That’s according to experts from the biggest free-to-play companies. Execs at CCP and Wargaming dismiss the idea that all games in the future will be free, but tell MCV that free-to-play is a great way to break new IP. It …
Read More »Everybody Plays launches The Game Finder
The UK family games site has launched a new tool to help parents find the games most suitable for their children. Dubbed The Game Finder, the new feature allows parents to submit a variety of criteria such as their child’s age, choice of console and level of questionable content. The …
Read More »HMV ramping down tech, stepping up games, music and film
HMV is reducing the amount of high-end technology it sells, the retailer has told MCV’s sister site PCR. HMV director Steve West revealed that the firm has cut back on selling items such as tablets to make way for products which our customers more readily associate with the HMV brand” …
Read More »Glu CEO reckons Google Glass will ‘revolutionise’ games
Wearable technology such as Google Glass could have a revolutionary impact on games, claims the CEO ofGlu Mobile. Speaking toVenturebeat,Niccolo de Masisaid the company had always backed Google’s technology early, and felt there was room for Glass "to be a phone replacer in the long-term". The studio is already looking …
Read More »Sony giving away two free PlayStation Mobile games each week
Remember PlayStation Mobile? Sony suddenly seems to have, and has announced a brand new games offer for the platform. Starting today the platform holder is to give away two free games each week for the next five weeks. The titles will work on Vita and on PlayStation Certified smartphones or …
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