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More than 384 million toys were sold during 2011, with the total market up three per cent year-on-year to 2.96 billion. The editor of MCV’s sister publication ToyNews, Samantha Loveday, gives us an overview of the business… IS THE toy industry really recession proof?” is a question I’ve been asked …
Read More »Pachter thought Riccitiello "was a complete moron"
Beginning a guest presentation by calling your chief speaker a moron” isn’t a typical approach. But then, Michael Pachter isn’t your typical analyst. I’ve been doing one-sentence intros, but I have a couple of sentences for John Riccitiello,” Pachter said at the start of his Q&A with EA boss John …
Read More »Riccitiello: Staff departures have not weakened us
EA CEO suggests Zynga moves financially motivated
Read More »900k sales for Mass Effect 3 in first 24 hours
EA has confirmed that it sold 900k copies of BioWare RPG Mass Effect 3 during its first 24 hours of availability. That’s a US sales figure. We don’t know the UK sales figure, but with the game shooting straight to the top of the listings – and breaking the combined …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 sales reinforce Riccitiello’s chilling GAME warning
Today’s success of Mass Effect 3 in the UK charts may be great news for the industry, but it’s a bad sign for troubled retailer GAME. Had the game failed to hit expectations, perhaps missed No.1 or fallen below the week one sales number of its predecessor, EA would this …
Read More »Microsoft: ‘OnLive Desktop may violate license’
App opens Windows for iPad, hit by licensing door
Read More »UK CHARTS: Mass Effect 3 shatters series records
EA’s Mass Effect 3 has made a strong debut at the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. It amassed more sales that 2012’s four previous No.1’s – SSX, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, UFC Undisputed 3 and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. It also smashed the combined …
Read More »GAME stock plummets below 1p
It’s a sorry Monday morning for beleaguered retailer GAME today with stock in the company dropping to an all-time low. Having closed on Friday evening at an already rock-bottom 3.51p per share, GAME’s stock opened Monday morning on a bewilderingly low 1.75p. In the minutes that followed it fell as …
Read More »Activision wins first round in West/Zampella lawsuit
One of the two fraud charges levelled at Activision by former employees and Infinity Ward founders Jason West and Vincent Zampella has been dismissed by a US court. The remarkable story of the corporate fallout between Activision and the development pair began in March 2010 when it was revealed that …
Read More »"We’ve missed Master Chief"
The return of Master Chief will have Halo competing with the big boys once again, says Microsoft. The iconic hero was last seen in a new game in 2007’s Halo 3. Developer 343 decided from the outset that Halo 4 would mark the character’s come-back, and Microsoft believes his return …
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