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A Final Fantasy–themed Monopoly will be coming out next year. The board game will launch exactly 20 years after the release of Final Fantasy VII on PSOne, on April 14th 2017. It’s already available to pre-order, and is being releasedexclusively on merchandise website Merchoid. The board game will set consumers …
Read More »Giant Monopoly kicks off London Games Festival this weekend
A giant Monopoly board full of video game references will appear on Trafalgar Square this weekend. The activity is part of London Games Festival, which kicks off today (Friday, April 1st) and runs until April 10th. The Monopoly board is 15 metres squared and has been customised to tell the …
Read More »Street Fighter Monopoly Collector’s Edition arrives
A new special edition Street Fighter-themed Monopoly set is available now from retailer Funstock. The Street Fighter Monopoly Board Game – Official Collector’s Limited Edition is in stock and available to order now from the UK games store for 29.99. This isn’t the first Monopoly board to bear the Street …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Monopoly game heading to Europe
Another video game series is set to receive the Monopoly treatment, as Assassin’s Creed Monopoly has been unveiled exclusively for Europe. The package will include six assassin pieces, historic locations from the franchise, Abstergo credits, and even has a hooded Uncle Pennybags getting in on the act. Those outside of …
Read More »Hasbro Game Channel on the way courtesy of Ubisoft
A digital board game service is coming to PS4 and Xbox One via a partnership between Hasbro and Ubisoft. The Hasbro Game Channel will launch with Risk, Monopoly and Trivial Pursuit this autumn. Ubisoft says that the games will also be available to download individually” on PS3 and Xbox 360, …
Read More »Monopoly Legend of Zelda edition arrives next month
Monopoly publisher USAopoly is creating a special Legend of Zelda-themed edition of the tabletop game set to release in September. GameStop is currently taking pre-orders for the customized board game, offering exclusive bonuses for those who do. The package includes a standard Monopoly board altered to include locations and characters …
Read More »Breaking the Steam monopoly
For many, the first word that comes to mind when discussing digital games is Steam. The Valve-owned digital distribution platform celebrates its tenth anniversary this year having opened its virtual doors back in September 2003. Since then, the success of the service has skyrocketed. Its most recent figures reveal there …
Read More »The many faces of EA: Nick Earl, EAi
In the final part of our four interview with Electronic Arts bosses, EA Interactive VP Nick Earl discusses how mobile and social is shaping the future of the publisher Where does EA?Interactive fit in with the wider EA business?We’ve got six labels: EA Sports, EA Games, Bioware, Maxis, PopCap and …
Read More »Monopoly: Street Fighter Edition actually exists
"Blanka, you’ve won a crossword competition! Collect 100 and pass the dice will you, pet?" Capcom has announced that USAopoly is working on a Street Fighter themed version of property and finance board game Monopoly. It’s such an obvious match MCV is staggered the concept has taken to long to …
Read More »Monopoly heads to Facebook
Hasbro’s family board game Monopoly can now be played on Facebook online for free. Facebook users can play Monopoly Millionaires in a web browser on PC and invite friends to play together. As usual the aim is to buy hotels across the board and amass the biggest fortune in Monopoly …
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