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Read More »PlayStation’s E3 snub is damaging to the broader console games industry
“All of our games… will play up and down that family of devices” – Xbox’s Matt Booty ends the next-gen exclusive as we know it
We catch up with Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios,
Read More »Only 20 per cent of parents use parental controls but half worry about time kids spend gaming – as Ukie launches Get Smart About P.L.A.Y initiative with Rio Ferdinand
New initiative will promote existing parental controls to the vast majority of parents who do not take advantage of them
Read More »Why has Microsoft announced the Xbox Series X console so early? Because it needs time to play out its multi-console release strategy
A two-pronged console launch would be a very tricky beast to manage
Read More »The new MCV/DEVELOP Awards – bringing the whole industry together – where you get to vote for the winners!
New categories, no time-consuming entries and an industry-wide voting system
Read More »X019: Xbox’s Phil Spencer pitches Game Pass as the saviour of linear games – as Microsoft announces three new IPs
“On Game Pass, a game can just be a game, with a beginning, a middle and an end. We can support those kind of games.”
Read More »Gameloft’s Asphalt 9: Legends hits one million installs in first seven days on Nintendo eShop
Could this be the start of more casual mobile games heading to the Switch?
Read More »Ain’t no party like an Xbox party – Aaron Greenberg clarifies exclusivity stance and explains why the upcoming X019 is coming to London
With Gears 5 released on Steam, plus Ori and the Blind Forest coming to Switch, Aaron Greenberg, GM of games marketing, clarifies Xbox’s first-party strategy and fills us in on the thinking behind its upcoming London celebration, X019
Read More »Borderlands 3 easily outguns Gears 5 – which flops at UK retail
To what extent is Xbox Game Pass responsible for taking retail sales away from Microsoft’s title?
Read More »Sega cuts content from Yakuza remasters: ‘The perception of the LGBTQ community was different to how it is nowadays’
Sega is remastering Yakuza 3, 4 and 5, with the first title having launched at gamescom, but not all of the content made the cut, series producer Daisuke Sato tells MCV
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