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Train Simulator firm Dovetail Games has announced a deal with Microsoft to bring some of its future games to Xbox One and Windows 10. The UK developer plans to bring its new Train Simulator title, Dovetail Games Fishing and Dovetail Games Flight Simulator to Microsoft’s platforms as a part of …
Read More »Capcom wants Street Fighter V to be No.1 in eSports
Street Fighter V is set to become the biggest title in the eSports fighting scene, if Capcom has its way. Marketing director Antoine Molant told MCV @ Gamescom that the firm plans to have a presence at a number of leading eSports events in an attempt to make Street Fighter …
Read More »Halo Wars 2 ‘will not be Total War: Halo’
Creative Assembly’s Halo strategy game will not resemble its smash-hit Total War franchise, the developer has told MCV @ Gamescom. Halo Wars 2 was the shock announcement at Microsoft’s pre-Gamescom press briefing. Creative Assembly says it is paying closer attention to the original Halo Wars (created by now defunct studio …
Read More »Our last MCV @ Gamescom Daily is out – read about Halo Wars 2, Street Fighter V and more
The third and final MCV @ Gamescom magazine for this year’s show in Cologne is available for you to read – for free – right now. We go out with a bang in the last issue, featuring looks at some of this year’s biggest hitters – Fallout 4, Star Wars …
Read More »Want to know more about Xbox, Rock Band and Fallout 4? Read our second MCV @ Gamescom Daily now
The second MCV @ Gamescom Daily is available for you to read for free right this second. The Digital Edition of the special edition magazine includes an interview with Xbox, where it claims that it has the perfect game for every country in Europe, as well as news about Rock …
Read More »Mad Catz targets ‘significant’ European growth for Rock Band 4
Rock Band will finally crack Europe this year, publisher Mad Catz has told MCV @ Gamescom. The Harmonix-developed series is a huge seller, but has struggled to compete with Guitar Hero outside of the US market. We think Rock Band has the potential to find a far bigger audience in …
Read More »Vita and 3DS have ‘two to three years left’ in the West
The current generation of handheld games consoles will persist for up to another three years in Europe and the US, publisher NISA has predicted. Takuro Yamashita, president and CEO of NIS America, told MCV @ Gamescom that while publishers should be looking to transition from PS3 and Xbox 360 to …
Read More »Developers must learn to tackle more serious issues in their games, says Ninja Theory
Ninja Theory says games companies need to tackle difficult topics if the industry wants to be held in the same regard as other forms of entertainment. The UK developer is currently working on Hellblade, the story of a warrior traumatised by Viking attacks on her homeland. The game will explore …
Read More »Xbox: We have a killer game for every region in Europe
Xbox boasts that it has a game to suit every European territory. EMEA boss Neil Thompson stopped short of saying the company could take the No.1 position from PlayStation, which is currently dominating sales across the territory. But he did tell MCV @ Gamescom that the line-up for Christmas 2015 …
Read More »Revolution wouldn’t have survived without Apple
Charles Cecil reveals the impact of the iPhone on the Broken Sword studio
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