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Registration for this year’s Gamescom is now open. A 15 per cent discount is available on all bookings until February 17th, with organisers Koelnmesse adding that acting early means buyers will secure the premium exhibition spots. Last year’s event was attended by 635 exhibitors from 40 countries. 340,000 visitors attended, …
Read More »Sony planning virtual reality headset strategy for PS4
2014 will see home consoles venture into the virtual reality space for the first time, a new report claims. Eurogamer says that Sony has plans to expand the PS4 feature-set into the VR sector in 2014 with the launch of an Oculus-Rift type headset device. It adds that internal testing …
Read More »FIFA 14 tops Gamescom buzz league but PES 2014 is up for the fight
EA’s FIFA 14 has been crowned as the internet global buzz champion of Gamescom 2014. New research from Way to Blue collating Twitter, blog and online news mentions, saw EA’s football title grab a massive 41 per cent share of the online noise throughout the German trade show. It was …
Read More »Indie title Cascade wins UKIE’s Gamescom UK Game of the Show prize
Trade body, Fat Pebble and Develop select Fayju as a prime example of remarkable talent in the UK
Read More »Destiny wins Gamescom 2013 Best Game award
Bungie’s ambitious shooter Destiny was awarded the coveted Best Game award at last week’s Gamescom 2013. That was one of four titles won by the game, the others being Best Action Game, Best Console Game and Best Online Multiplayer Game. EA was the best performing publisher, picking up four awards …
Read More »Gamescom 2013 celebrates 23% attendance spike
Attendance numbers of last week’s Gamescom 2013 were up an impressive 23 per cent on the 2012 event, the event’s organisers have revealed. The world’s largest video games trade expo welcomed over 340,000 people, including 635 exhibitors and 6,000 journalists from 88 countries, to its 14k square metres of exhibition …
Read More »‘Next-gen’ Gamescom draws 340,000
Record numbers of consumers and press pile into the Koelnmesse for world's largest games show
Read More »Xbox One U-turns all part of Microsoft’s "two-way conversation" with gamers
The changes to Xbox One’s policies and features aren’t a sign of weakness – they show the "strength" of Microsoft’s interaction with consumers. That’s according to Microsoft Studios chief Phil Spencer, who stressed that the string of Xbox One U-turns have been nothing more than a reaction to gamer feedback. …
Read More »Microsoft strikes back after Sony criticism
Phil Spencer returns favour after Andrew House's Gamescom criticism of Xbox One reversals
Read More »Read MCV’s second free Gamescom show daily right here
The second MCV Gamescom daily magazine is available to read right now. It features news and interviews from the leaders in PC gaming, including Sega Europe chief Jurgen Post. Published in association with Xbox One, our second 14-page FREE magazine has been put together by the MCV team currently walking …
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