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Call of Duty: Black Ops II is here at last, and thousand of store workers and gamers took to the streets last night to welcome it. The official launch took place at HMV’s Oxford Street store and was attended by a number of celebrities. Blockbuster also saw a fantastic turnout …
Read More »GAMES MEDIA AWARDS: The night in pictures
Hundreds of media professionals and industry veterans headed to London last night for the 2012 Games Media Awards. The ceremony was held at Vinopolis, near Borough Market, and was bookended by pre- and post-drinks receptions, as well as the ever popular rockaoke – and we’ve photographed the lot. The event …
Read More »IN PICTURES: The Xbox 360 MCV Quiz – October 2012
Last night, a motley crowd of games retailers, publishers, journalists and more descended upon Holborn’s Sway bar. What occured there cannot quite be put into words. Well, technically it can. And has been. But it’s far more amusing to see if for yourself. And for those unable to join last …
Read More »IN PICTURES (and NSFW): Capcom’s Resident Evil 6 meat party
Yes, you’re right – a NSFW meat party is quite a thing to behold. In a bold bit of PR yesterday, Capcom welcomed UK games journalists to a two day Resident Evil 6-themed Human Butchery installation at London’s Smithfields market. MCV’s very own James Batchelor, for instance, is tonight planning …
Read More »IN PICTURES: GamesAid charities receive £36k each
GamesAid last night revealed the final winners of its 2012 charity vote. Action For Kids, Jigsaw4U, Small Steps, Special Effect and The Willow Foundation were the five charities that got the nod from GamesAid members.To be in the running each charity had to have a turnover of 5m or less …
Read More »IN PICTURES: The new-look Europe-only 12GB PS3
Here are the first official shots of the nameless new very-slim-indeed PS3. As well as the shots, Sony has confirmed some other details about its new console. The €229.99 12GB model, the first and only PS3 with flash memory, is only being released in Europe, with Asia and American instead …
Read More »And here’s the iPad Mini – IN PICTURES
We’ve seen the iPhone 5 – now it looks like we may have our first screens of the iPad Mini. As published by French site NoWhereElse, the device looks exactly as previous rumour had suggested. If true this iPad Mini will position itself as a direct competitor to Amazon’s Kindle …
Read More »Two Bohemia Interactive devs arrested for spying on Greek military base
The Arma series prides itself on its military realism, and its developers will seemingly go to great lengths to adjust it. PC Gamer reports that two of the Czech studio’s developers, aged 28 and 33, have been arrested by Greek police after they were discovered spying on a military installation. …
Read More »Farewell, Nintendo Gamer – final issue in pictures
Even if you’ve bought it before, it’s essential that you pick up the final edition of Nintendo Gamer. Future Publishing’s independent Nintendo-focused magazine was closed last week, though the Nintendo Gamer website will continue to run. The magazine’s editor Nick Ellis wrote a farewell note in the final issue stating …
Read More »Naked Prince Harry not in new GTA V screens; No release date either
We’ve been honest about this from the off – we’re doing this only for the clicks. We started with the headline MCV posts Grand Theft Auto V screens to try and generate clicks”. Then we went with More GTA V screens for you… but still no release date”. But now …
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