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The top games on mobile in 2015 are the same games that were at the top of the charts in 2012 — and that incessant domination of just a handful of apps is starting to take its toll on the audience. Gamers spent less time playing on mobile in 2015 …
Read More »Square Enix: Digital is the first option for a generation of gamers
How digital and boxed work together will be crucial to the future of the games industry, says Square Enix. Western CEO Phil Rogers made the statement after explaining why the firm is releasing its new Hitman as a digital release before Christmas, with a boxed version to follow in 2016. …
Read More »PC version of Assassin’s Creed Syndicate delayed by one month
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate will not arrive on PC until a month after it hits consoles. Ubisoft has announced that the PC SKU will be released on November 19th, while the PS4 and Xbox One versions remain on track for October 23rd. Note that the PC game has a different developer …
Read More »YouTube Gaming won’t take Twitch’s crown unless it gets serious about eSports
Google is set to launch its YouTube Gaming service tomorrow (August 26th), putting it in direct competition with Amazon’s livestreaming giant Twitch – but how will they differ and what should you know as an advertiser or content creator? Since launching ten years ago, YouTube has grown enormously – and …
Read More »Open letter to the games industry – please share your data
Dear UK Games Industry, We have been lying to you, and we have had enough. Last week, the No.1 game in the UK charts was not the most popular game. The Chinese Room should have been celebrating its first No.1 with Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture. Just as this week, …
Read More »MCV Magazine to drop charts for first time in 17 years
Next week, we will not be running a charts section within MCV Magazine. The two pages we devote to charts aren’t good enough. The Steam charts are global, and Valve hasn’t responded to our requests for a UK-focused Top Ten. Microsoft kindly supply us with an Xbox Live chart, but …
Read More »Chart-Track: Industry is at risk of losing its best research and PR tool
GfK Chart-Track has warned the games industry that it might lose its best PR tool if it fails to share digital data. The firm, which operates the UK Top 40, says it is ready to support downloads in its chart, but that it’s up to the games industry to want …
Read More »Indies speak out as more games miss out in digital charts farce
Two major British indie releases would have entered the All-Formats charts this week if digital figures had been counted. Volume, the new game from Mike Bithell, would have at least made the Top Ten, according to MCV sources. It comes a week after Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture, the PS4 …
Read More »Major publishers silent over data sharing
The world’s biggest games publishers refused to comment on whether they would be willing to share download data. MCV contacted every major games publisher to ask if they would like a digital chart. And although two firms admitted that including download data in an overall chart is something they would …
Read More »Telltale’s Minecraft: Story Mode is coming to Wii U
Minecraft is finally coming to a Nintendo console. Sort of. Despite seeming on the face of it to be a perfect fit for Nintendo’s often younger and certainly more family-friendly demographic, Minecraft remains MIA on all Nintendo systems. That’s despite appearances on a vast array on platforms, from last-gen to …
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