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Ubisoft is choosing to partner exclusively with Epic Game Store for the release of its franchise title for 2020
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Valhalla sails away from Steam for Epic Game Store and next-gen consoles
Xbox Q3 sees Game Pass subscribers hit 10m with all-time record engagement – as results hint at coronavirus boom to come
“We saw all-time record engagement this quarter, with nearly 90 million active users of Xbox Live.”
Read More »COVID-19 is packing releases into H2 – alongside new console launches – making for a titanic fight for consumer attention post-lockdown
A lot of product and a lot of marketing spend, will try to find potentially elusive eyeballs, in a compressed period of time.
Read More »No WWE 2K 2021 title as headline franchise is furloughed for a year – 2K posts apologetically-toned open letter to fans
"We are extending the production timeline and will not be releasing a WWE 2K simulation game in 2020"
Read More »German games market grew by six per cent in 2019 – driven by incremental digital spending
German games market grows - but sales of standalone games are flat
Read More »FF7 Remake well received in Japan despite lockdown – but Switch hardware sales plunge as supply tightens
Remake sells less than FFXV in opening week but longer-term signs are more promising given launch situation
Read More »DualShock is dead – all hail the DualSense – what matters and what doesn’t from Sony’s next-gen controller and what it tells us about PS5
What matters: the microphone, the new triggers plus the big implications of moving the light bar
Read More »Xbox moves to digital event following E3 cancellation – now who will whoop the platform launches?
Platform holder will decide on date for event in coming weeks
Read More »Here are your MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2020 winners – with Media Molecule, Nintendo and Rare all winning big – Thanks to everyone who voted!
We can now reveal all the winners of the inaugural MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2020.
Read More »Boxed specialist gets serious about digital – Why Sold Out’s biggest PAX Line-up is just a hint of things to come as part of Enad Global 7 group
“We want a more robust way of dealing with digital, in the same way that we know boxed already.”
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