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Final Fantasy VII beat out upstart Rogue Legacy for the top spot on Steam’s latest top ten selling chart. Square’s PS1 classic roared up the sales chart this past week after launching late during the period. The game relaunched on PC last month through Square Enix itself, but just days …
Read More »Blizzard mulling World of Warcraft microtransctions
Premium in-game items are being considered for World of Warcraft, according to a Blizzard rep. Community representative Jonathan Brown wrote on the possibility via Battle.net forums – specifically noting that only certain regions are being considered for the additions at this time. We are currently exploring the possibility of adding …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet franchise hits 8m user-created levels
The LittleBigPlanet player community has created over 8m levels across all titles, series developer Media Molecule has announced. The studio revealed the milestone on the US Playstation Blog ahead of LBP’s five-year anniversary this October. LittleBigPlanet continues to burst with awesomeness and pure creativity as we now have more than …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Batemen joins Green Man, top vacancies
InMCV’s weekly roundup of the latest personnel news and hottest job opportunities, Green Man Gaming hires Square’s Bateman and we look at the best vacanices. Ben Bateman joins Green Man Gaming’s Playfire team Online games retailer Green Man Gaming has appointed Ben Bateman as its new community development manager for …
Read More »Footballer concierge service targets games execs
A club designed to make the life of Premier League footballers that little bit easier is now reaching out to execs in the games industry. The Integrity Club performs a variety of tasks for footballers, from booking holidays and travel, to collecting mail, organising calendars, getting them into VIP parties …
Read More »Follow Friday: The Develop Awards finalists
With less than a week to go until the big night, we give you the rundown of this year's nominees
Read More »BBC to abandon 3D – the beginning of the end for 3D TV in the home?
Remember when 3D looked as if it could be a key battleground for the console gaming sector? Seems like a long time ago, doesn’t it? And the BBC’s decision to put its 3D programming plans on hold for three years from the end of 2013 looks to have dealt a …
Read More »EA reckons next wave of tablet games will match PS3 and Xbox 360 visuals
The visual fidelity of tablet and mobile gaming is going to increase far more rapidly than is being seen in the traditional games space. That’s according to EA Labels president Frank Gibeau who told IGN that the next wave” of games for mobile devices could rival current gen consoles in …
Read More »UK specialist store count plummets to 795
There are less than 800 specialist games stores on the UK High Street, according to MCV research. While GAME has maintained its store count of just over 320, HMV and Blockbuster saw their retail footprints decimated when the two High Street chains fell into administration earlier this year. Blockbuster lost …
Read More »OPINION: What’s the upside to this strange generation change?
Are publishers like EA, Ubisoft and Activision being smart by releasing their games as cross-generation titles this Christmas? I actually think they are hedging their bets for sales’ sake. E3 and its fallout has proven that this Christmas we’re due a transition with some unprecedented activity. We’ve never had such …
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