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New data from Kantar Worldpanel indicates that the market share of GAME, HMV and Argos has increased on the year before. The firm’s new research – for the 12 weeks ending September 27th 2015 – shows that HMV was the strongest performer, with its share of the entertainment retail market …
Read More »MCV Awards 2016 lobbying now open
There are certain things that signal that Christmas is on its way – the clocks going back, Strictly and X-Factor hitting our screens, the onslaught of DFS ads… and the opening of the lobbying period for the MCV Awards. The UK games industry’s most prestigious awards return on Thursday, March …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: Poland
Poland is fast becoming the keystone of Eastern European games development. According to a 2014 report by B2B event organiser Digital Dragons, 60 per cent of Polish internet users play games. Of these, 35 per cent play on PC, while just one in ten opt for consoles. 28 per cent …
Read More »Entry for MCV’s Games Directory ends this week
MCV’s vital guide to key UK games agencies and services will return next month, and deadline for entries is this week. Now simply called the Directory, this is an interactive website and printed book that will featurethe best names in Quality Assurance, Localisation, Public Relations, Creative Agencies, Payment Methods, Recruitment, …
Read More »Quality time: Beating the industry’s broken games
The controversy surrounding games unfit for release continues to rage, as some of 2015’s biggest hitters repeat the woes of last year’s buggy and broken titles. MCV asks QA and localisation experts at Universally Speaking, Testology, La Marque Rose, Testronic and Keywords about what needs to be done The new …
Read More »USA home to more than 1,600 game studios and publishers
California the country's biggest games hub with the most companies and industry-related courses
Read More »A Tomb with a view: Can Rise of the Tomb Raider keep Lara’s legacy alive?
Before 2013, Tomb Raider had arguably found itself with one foot in the grave. A single digital spin-off – Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, which omitted the Tomb Raider name – filled the five-year gap between 2008’s Tomb Raider: Underworld and Crystal Dynamics’ self-titled reboot of the series. …
Read More »Sega financials fall short of reduced forecast
Sega has revealed that it did not do as well financially as it expected – even with a a reduced fiscal predictions. The firm announced it made 154.3bn in net sales (827m) which is down 1.1 per cent on the firm’s previous reduced expectations for the six months ending September …
Read More »Nintendo covers up underage girls in Western version of Xenoblade Chronicles X
The Japanese version of Wii U title Xenoblade Chronicles X features a 13-year-old girl in some of skimpiest clothes you’ve ever seen. The Western release, fortunately, will not. As reported by Eurogamer, the original game sees Lin in a black-strap costume, complete with crotch window and underboob. In case you …
Read More »Ark: Survival Evolved and Tekken among over 50 titles set for PlayStation VR
If you were worried that Sony’s virtual reality headset would be launching without any games, your fears appear to be unfounded. PlayStation VR (nee Project Morpheus) will hit retail in the first half of 2016, according to the platform holder, and will have a cost comparable to that of a …
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