MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
UK retailers have hailed a ‘momentous’ E3, as the event delivered on the games the industry desperately needed. Big titles such as Uncharted 4, Zelda, The Division, Dead Island 2 and Quantum Break had all been moved out of 2015 earlier this year, leading stores to tell MCV that E3 …
Read More »Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition is GAME exclusive in the UK
Bethesda’s high-end Fallout 4 SKU the Pip-Boy Edition will only be available from GAME in the UK. The special edition release comes with an actual Pip-Boy device that users can strap to their wrist. Once the have then inserted their smartphone they will be able to use the accessory much …
Read More »E3 2015: When are all of the conferences?
Bethesda’s conference launched E3 in impressive fashion, but we still have another seven events to go in the next two days. First up is the Xbox conference, which takes place today (Monday) at 17:30 UK time, followed in quick succession by EA’s eventand Ubisoft’s briefing, at 21:00 and 23:00 respectively. …
Read More »PES 2016 returns to earlier release date
PES 2016 has shifted back to its traditional release window and will arrive just before FIFA 16, Konami has said. The game will hit PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC on September 18th – a week ahead of FIFA 16 which arrives on September 22nd. Last year’s outing …
Read More »GameStop’s $500m merchandise dream
When GameStop revealed its latest financial results, the firm told its investors it had a new dream. It wants to turn its fledgling merchandise operation (expected to be worth up to $200m this year) into a $500m business by 2018. Some of its investors were perplexed by this target. There …
Read More »Splatoon holds on for a second week in Japanese charts as Wii U sales rise
It seems that Nintendo’s latest shooter still has legs (tentacles?) in Japan, as it outdoes a slew of new releases to remain top of the retail charts. According to the latest data from Famitsu, despite Splatoon’s sales nearly halving from its launch week, Wii U hardware sales actually went up, …
Read More »Dark Souls 3 coming in early 2016, new leak suggests
The body of evidence pointing to an E3 2015 reveal for Dark Souls 3 is growing. IGN has obtained a promo image for the game, which you can see below, which carries a launch date of early 2016. It was first reported last week that the game was in line …
Read More »GameStop bundles PS4 and Elder Scrolls Online for £279.97
Hot on the heels of Microsoft’s official Xbox One price drop, one retailer has cut the price of PS4 to well below 299. GameStop is currently advertising a bundle including a 500GB PS4 console and The Elder Scrolls Online for just 279.97. That’s more or less the same as the …
Read More »GAME announces Batman and Elder Scrolls Online midnight launches
High Street retailer GAME has detailed a series of midnight events planned for the launches of Batman: Arkham Knight and The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited. 76 stores will be opening their doors on June 8th at 11:59pm for the launch of The Elder Scrolls Online. Meanwhile on June 22nd …
Read More »Fallout 4 reveal sends sales of series rocketing
Bethesda’s catalogue of console Fallout titles has received a huge boost in sales following this week’s reveal of Fallout 4. Videogamer spotted Amazon’s Movers & Shakers chart which has shown significant increases in the sales of many Fallout games. Sales of the PS3 version of Fallout 3: Game of the …
Read More »