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The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) has thrown its support behind MCV’s Digital Counts campaign. The trade body says it estimates that games’ digital market is bigger than both music and video, but is unable to say definitively due to the lack of tracked figures. In a letter sent to MCV, …
Read More »All League of Legends ranked matches taken offline after huge bug discovered
A game-wide bug has forced Riot to temporarily disable ranked League of Legends matches as it works to fix the issue. Players initially began to notice something curious with the hero Riven, with the champion able to cast the ‘Recall’ spell – which teleports the player character back to the …
Read More »Disney merges games and toys divisions
Disney’s Interactive games publishing arm has been folded into its consumer products division in an apparent effort to double-down on toys-to-life. The merging of the consumer product and interactive areas comes as Disney moves to release its upcoming wearable Playmation toys, as well as ahead of the launch of Disney …
Read More »Telltale’s publishing chief on reviving licensed games, championing the episodic model and taking on TV
Game of Thrones. Minecraft. Marvel. The Walking Dead. Jurassic Park. Back to the Future. Telltale Games’ library of titles reads like a licensing wishlist. Working on any of these million-selling franchises might seem like a chance that any games firm would jump at but, even as recently as a few …
Read More »E3 ‘must deliver games’, warns UK retail
E3 2015 ‘must deliver games’ as the event’s pre-show press conferences are finalised. UK stores have told MCV that they’re concerned over the number of big games pushed out of 2015, including Uncharted 4, Zelda, The Division and Dead Island 2. We are holding out hope that E3 will deliver …
Read More »Bandai Namco removing several games from App Store next week
Katamari Amore, Noby Noby Boy and Ridge Racer Accelerated are among several Bandai Namco games that will see all support terminated from next week. Pocket Gamer reports that many of the titles have already been stripped of much of their functionality. Owners of Katamari Amore, for example, can no longer …
Read More »Gaming hardware market worth $67bn last year – JPR
The overall gaming hardware market reached $67bn in 2014, according to new data presented by analyst Jon Peddie Research. Games Industry reports on JPR’s presentation, which claimed PC accounted for 33 per cent of the market, smartphones came in at 23 per cent, consoles and handhelds brought in 16 per …
Read More »Chinese telco giant Snail Games to launch new OBox console in UK next year
Watch out Microsoft and Sony, one of China’s biggest games companies will launch its first console in Europe in early 2016. Snail Games is China’s fifth largest mobile phone service provider and the firm behind hit MMO Age of Wushu, which attracts over 5.5m monthly players. Now, the company is …
Read More »Kickstarter: We’re not in decline for games
Funding platform Kickstarter has hit back against critics that claim crowdfunded video games are on the decline. The firm announced on January 6th that $89.1m was pledged towards successful ‘games’ projects, a drop of 15 per cent year-on-year. In fact, this number also includes board games and other such products …
Read More »36 things to look forward to in 2015
2015 looks set to be one of the most exciting years in gaming history. MCV lists the biggest releases, events, hardware and trends that will shape the next 12 months. 1. PS4 vs Xbox One continues The battle between Sony and Xbox raged on during 2014. After a strong lead …
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