GAME stores are confirming that they will not be stocking the standard edition of Nintendo’s Wii title The Last Story tomorrow. Furthermore, the game has been removed from both the GAME and Gamestation websites and customers who had pre-orders in place have been notified of their cancellation. Yesterday the retailer …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Robert Nashak, BBC Worldwide
Every spring since 2005 the BBC has geared up for its seasonal Easter debut of a new Doctor Who TV series. For anyone that monitors the kids’ and family media and entertainment market, this is a pretty serious moment – merchandising, magazines and book markets are primed to release their …
Read More »New releases KO’d on tough UK High Street
Sales of triple-A video games have reached an all-time low. The UK games retail market is 25 per cent down compared with last year. And publishers are aghast by the performances of major sequels. One prominent analyst told MCV that sales are half of what they should be”. According to …
Read More »Sony admits Vita memory card misjudgement
The UK MD of Sony has admitted that Sony should have made higher capacity Vita memory cards available in Europe at launch. On the High Street right now the 16GB SKUs are already becoming hard to track down, leaving gamers to choose between the 4GB and 8GB versions. Some overseas …
Read More »Vita dominates Amazon pre-order charts
The PlayStation Vita has assumed a commanding position in Amazon.co.uk’s video games pre-order charts. The Wi-Fi console and 8GB memory card currently top the bestseller lists on the strength of their pre-orders alone. In total the machine and associated games can lay claim to nearly three quarters of the top …
Read More »Schafer: Xbox must wake up to indie exodus
Double Fine director says developers are turning their back on closed platforms
Read More »MCV’s 20-page trade guide to PlayStation Vita – available now
We have put together a special magazine all about PlayStation Vita – and the 20-page guide is now available to download, read in your web browser or access via iPad. The in-depth look at Sony’s handheld – due to hit UK shelves on February 22nd – includes everything you need …
Read More »48 hours and counting – Vita news roundup
The wait is nearly over. The clock is ticking on the first gaming hardware launch of the year – the PlayStation Vita. Sony’s machine is a technical marvel. It improves upon the formula laid down by its predecessor the PSP by including a bigger, multi-touch screen, twin analogue sticks like …
Read More »OddWorld developer searching for XBLA publisher
Just Add Water in talks with 'two or three' companies about releasing Stranger's Wrath on XBLA
Read More »Indie joy as Xbox dash promotes XBLIG devs
Dashboard changes puts Xbox Indie Games 'on the same visibility levels as XBLA' titles
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