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Angry Birds Space has topped 100m downloads since its launch in March. Rovio announced the achievement today through their twitter account. The game reached 50m downloads just over a month ago, which suggests the game has lost very little of the traction it’s had since the title’s launch. With seemingly …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Yusuf Mehdi talks about the future of Xbox
After the Xbox E3 press briefing, MCV took the time to speak with the CMO of Mircosoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, Yusuf Mehdi. Mehdi came out of the Online Services Business, and has been in the new role working on Xbox for 7 months, and delivered a talk during the press …
Read More »INTERVIEW: President of Sony Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida PART 1
MCV recently got the opportunity to sit down with Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Worldwide Studios, to talk about the brand at E3. How important is it for Sony to push unproven concepts? Is it something done to demonstrate what the console is capable of achieving? From my perspective, it’s …
Read More »E3 2012: ‘Steam sales devalue IP’ claims Origin boss
Origin opts for long-term strategy over mass sales
Read More »Zynga desktop ARPU 5x higher than mobile
Mobile monetisation big challenge for developers
Read More »GameStop: Next-gen consoles WON’T block pre-owned
Industry insight or wishful thinking? Global games retail giant GameStop believes that the PS4 and Xbox 720 won’t incorporate pre-owned blocking technology. Since the turn of the year separate rumours have suggested that both the Next Xbox and the PS4 would utilise methods to either prevent gamers from playing games …
Read More »HOT TOPICS: Is the threat of mobile over-hyped?
In the eighth of a series of features answering the biggest questions about the industry’s future, Dominic Sacco investigates the dangers smartphones and tablets pose to the console market Is the threat of mobile over-hyped?NO Angry Birds has been downloaded 1bn times. Not even the longest-running and biggest boxed franchises …
Read More »Wreck-it-Ralph: Who can you spot in this new screen?
New screen of video game themed animated movie Wreck-It-Ralph have emerged, giving an early taste of the treats laying ahead for gaming fans. Wreck-It-Ralph is a new animated film from Walt Disney and is due for release later this year. It tells the tale of the aforementioned Ralph, a (fictional) …
Read More »E3 2012: Sony rules out Vita price cut
Hopes of a PlayStation Vita price cut announcement at E3 have come and gone, and Sony reckons the price of the system will not be reduced any time soon. Oh, absolutely," Sony Worldwide Studios chief Shuhei Yoshida told Eurogamer when asked if he was happy with the current price of …
Read More »E3 2012: Tretton says Sony "not first, not cheapest"
SCEE CEO Jack Tretton has stepped in to counter speculation that Sony is aiming to make the PS4 the first released console of the next generation machines. Speaking toGameTrailersTretton stated: "We’ve never been first, we’ve never been cheapest, it’s about being best." "And I think if you can build a …
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