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The amount of consumers using entertainment apps on Xbox Live globally increased by 50 per cent from November to December. On average, over 60 per cent US Xbox Live Gold members accessed these apps for one hour each day. Entertainment apps include YouTube, Blinkbox, Netflix and MSN. Several went live …
Read More »Rockstar extends Max Payne 3 Special Edition deadline
Fans of the series now have until April to pre-order the Special Edition of Max Payne 3. Rockstar announced it has extended the deadline following yesterday’s news that the game has been delayed until May. The SKU will no longer be available after April 2nd. The Special Edition features a …
Read More »Indie retailer Videogamesplus.ca hacked
Canadian games importer Videogamesplus.ca has reportedly been hacked, leading to the details of 21,000 customers being leaked online. Edge reports that a list of names, phone numbers, dates of birth and encrypted passwords was uploaded to Pastebin, though links to the file have since been removed. Videogamesplus is a popular …
Read More »The REAL entertainment Top 40
You know that Entertainment Top 40 released last week and published online by the games press (including MCV)? Well it was wrong. MCV can reveal that the video game numbers were based on the raw Chart-Track data and were not up-weighted to account for the whole market. That means Black …
Read More »Free 3DS demos added to eShop
Nintendo 3DS owners will be able to download free game demos from tomorrow, starting with Resident Evil Revelations. Users can access the demo using the 3DS’ online eShop service, more than one week before the survival horror game hits shelves on Friday, January 27th. Platform holder Nintendo announced that demos …
Read More »How to win an MCV AWARD
April marks the 10th Anniversary of the MCV Industry Excellence Awards, and we’ve a special night planned to celebrate the trade’s successes. This event is about the hard work done by the people in the industry. While 2012’s event may be a milestone for us, the real story is the …
Read More »OPINION: Why a publisher should buy GAME Group
I was speaking at theEuropean Cloud Gaming Summityesterday and amidst warning people about the upcoming under-12 revolution I made the suggestion that some of the well-heeled publishers in the room should buy GAME Group (the troubled UK retailer). Cue most people’s jaws dropping. Buy a retailer? Are you nuts? GAME …
Read More »Sony discusses the ‘irony’ of PSN hack
The president and CEO of SCE Andrew House has labelled last year’s high-profile hack on the PlayStation Network as ironic”. The statement comes as much of the internet – including most famously Wikipedia – have ceased operations for a day in protest at the proposed US legislation SOPA that is …
Read More »The end arrives for Hudson Soft
Hudson Soft, one of the big-hitters in the early days of video gaming, will pass away on March 1st. It will be absorbed into owning company Konami, which acquired the firm in April 2011, and will effectively disappear from the industry forever. Hudson was behind classic IP such as Bomberman, …
Read More »Alienware reveals dedicated gaming PC
There’s a new console hoping to muscle its way under your TV – Alienware’s X51 gaming PC. The device is not a million miles away from Xbox 360 in terms of form and is indeed almost the same size. It comes with either the Intel Core i3, i5 or i7 …
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