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LG and OnLive have announced a partnership that sees the cloud gaming service pre-installed on all LG Smart TVs in its G2 series. The app will let users stream games on LG’s Google TV models, along with allowing access to save files on any PC, Mac, or Android device. Titles …
Read More »NPD: US digital sales spike during Q3
The NPD Group has released a Q3 report for digital sales in the US, revealing the growing portion of the market accounted for $1.4bn during the period. The total counts sales from full game and add-on content downloads, mobile and social games, and subscriptions, which added to new and used …
Read More »Wargaming sets down roots in Southeast Asia
Players of World of Tanks in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines will soon be finding that their gaming experience has become somewhat smoother. Wargaming has announced the establishment of a direct presence in the region, in which it released World of Tanks back in May. As well as a dedicated …
Read More »Tiga event to debut seven new games
Denki, nDeams, Channel 4, 4T2 and others ready seven UK-made projects for Discovery Afternoon
Read More »Animal Crossing propels 3DS skywards in Japan; Outsells Vita by 47:1
Sales of the PlayStation Vita have fallen to an all-time low in Japan, but that’s not Sony’s biggest concern this week. The release of new title Animal Crossing: New Leaf – a very popular IP in Japan – saw 3DS hardware sales rocket, with 187,077 units being shifted last week. …
Read More »Sony launches Wonderbook TV campaign
Sony has launched a multi-million pound TV advertising campaign to ensure Wonderbook: Book of Spells is firmly in the minds of consumers ahead of its arrival tomorrow. The advert will air on Sunday 18th November during Surprise Surprise, on Monday 19th during I’m a Celebrity: Get Me Out of Here …
Read More »GameStop reports physical decline and digital boom
International games retail giant GameStop has reported a decline in physical sales but a boost in digital for the quarter ending October 27th. Net losses for the period reached $624.3m compared to net earnings of $53.9m the year before, but this includes goodwill and other impairment charges of $678.8m stemming …
Read More »PS3 version of Black Ops 2 has a few online teething issues
With millions of day one sales, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was always going to experience a couple of hiccups. Sadly for owners of the PS3, both of the early issues are dogging only their systems. Some players have taken to the European PlayStation forums to complain of online …
Read More »8GB Wii U console has 3GB of usable memory
Nintendo may be taking bold strides into digital distribution with the Wii U, but owners of the 8GB Basic console will need to invest in external storage to make the most of it. Kotaku reports that, as is standard with any electronic device, the Basic Wii U actually ships with …
Read More »Read our guide to London Games Conference in this week’s MCV
This week’s MCV isnow available to view online – and it features a full guide to this year’s London Games Conference, which discusses the best ways of making money from digital games. We also reveal how power is shifting towards supermarkets on the High Street and interview Ubisoft’s Geoffroy Sardin. …
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