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GameSeek to relaunch website as the ‘best e-commerce game store on Earth’

Online retailer Gameseek is to relaunch its website to create what CEO and managing director Stephen Staley calls "the best e-commerce game store on Earth." The new, responsive website will be built from the ground up in HTML 5, Staley told MCV, with new features being added over time. Chief …

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PlayStation Plus subscribers hit 26.4m, up 27% YOY

The number of paid PlayStation Plus subscriptions rose to 26.4m in 2016, Sony has confirmed, showing a growth of 27 per cent since 2015. The news comes from Sony’s investor relations day 2017 presentation, where the company talked about its plans to further grow the PlayStation 4 ecosystem. However, considering …

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Take-Two: ‘Our business has been transformed’ by digital

The news of Red Dead Redemption 2’s delay until spring 2018 may have come as something of a disappointment this morning, but Take-Two’s fourth quarter and fiscal year 2017 results show the publisher couldn’t be in better shape to weather the storm. A huge growth in digital sales has been …

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Grand Theft Auto V sales hit 80m units

The juggernaut that is Grand Theft Auto V has now surpassed 80m sales, according to publisher Take-Two. In the company’s Q4 and fiscal year earnings release, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick confirmed that the title has now sold at least another 5m copies since the company’s last earnings report in February, …

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Far Cry 5 headed to Montana, official reveal dated for May 26th

Ubisoft has confirmed the next instalment in the Far Cry series will be headed to Hope County, Montana, and that the official worldwide reveal will be happening this Friday on May 26th. Far Cry 5 was officially confirmed last week during Ubisoft’s latest financial results, and will release on PS4, …

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Women in Games Awards 2017 finalists on misogyny and how to tackle the industry’s diversity issues

Today marks our third Women in Games Awards, where MCV, Develop and eSports Pro celebrate the successes and achievements of women in the UK games industry. While the number of women playing and working in games has never been higher, there are still numerous issues that need to be tackled.  …

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Ukie welcomes Conservative’s commitment to support UK games industry, but warns against £2,000 immigration skills charge

Just days after launching its own manifestofor 2017, Ukie’s CEO Dr Jo Twist OBE has responded to the Conservative Party’s general election manifesto, saying: We welcome the fact that the Conservative Manifesto, launched [Thursday], contains a number of commitments to support the UK games and wider digital and creative industries, …

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Vive’s standalone VR headset could be a real ‘game changer’ – SuperData

After Vive’s surprise announcement that it was creating a standalone VR headset for Google’s Daydream platform on Wednesday, SuperData’s vice president of research and strategy and head of VR/AR Stephanie Llamas has told MCV the device could be a real "game changer" in the fledging VR market and that the …

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Dontnod confirms another Life is Strange title is in development

Developer Dontnod has confirmed there’s a brand-new Life is Strange title in development. Details are currently scarce on the ground, but the studio said more news will be coming soon. The title has been in development since the release of the boxed version of the original game last January, but …

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Sega’s James Schall promoted to VP of digital business

Sega Europe has promoted James Schall to vice president of its digital business, the publisher has announced. Previously director of digital distribution, Schall will continue to build on Sega’s digital success across console and PC to take the company into a leading PC powerhouse. He will also continue to work …

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