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Konami has announced US release dates for its trio of new Silent Hill releases, including Vita exclusive Book of Memories. This game will arrive on March 27th, boasting a fresh storyline and a co-op mode – a first for the survival horror series. But before the handheld title hits shelves, …
Read More »Publishers to Microsoft: ‘Don’t kick us off the Flight’
Microsoft Flight could harm the simulation games market if the company doesn’t open it up to third-parties, publishers have told MCV. Firms such as Mastertronic and Contact Sales currently sell extra content for Microsoft Flight Simulator X.But its sequel Flight, a free-to-play digital PC title out this spring, will not …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Jim Ryan, SCEE
If you’ve read any of the sensational press reports or naysaying analysts, you’ll know PlayStation Vita has its sceptics.Apparently, consumers want smartphones and tablets – not dedicated, ‘expensive’ gaming handhelds. And Vita’s soft Japanese launch is a sign that consumer tastes are changing. MCV put these concerns to PlayStation’s European …
Read More »EA hits $1bn annual digital revenue target
In July of last year MCV ran a piece entitled Riccitiello’s $1bn digital dream”. Now, six months later, we can confirm that the EA CEO’s dreams have come true. Having confirmed the publisher’s achievement, Riccitiello described it as an incredibly important milestone". The most pleasing thing for EA is that …
Read More »2011 US games market down 8% leaving UK as worst performer
NPD has confirmed that the US video games market declines eight per cent year-on-year to $17.02bn in 2011. That’s the same rate of decline that was seen in Japan last year, and sadly leaves the UK out alone as the worst performing video games market out of the traditional ‘big …
Read More ȣ4bn wiped from Tesco value
Supermarket retailer Tesco has seen more than 4 billion disappear from its share price after issuing a profit warning and revealing that UK sales fell by 2.3 per cent over Christmas. Chief executive Philip Clarke said: "In a challenging economic environment, we made good progress internationally but despite record sales, …
Read More »Green Man Gaming partners with Gaikai
Green Man Gaming has teamed up with OnLive rival Gaikai to let its users try before they buy. Customers can now stream and play Gaikai game demos through any of the retailer’s sites, including its flagship UK store and recently launched portals in the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. …
Read More »UK games industry shamed by male/female pay gap
Female games industry professionals earn 1.50 less an hour than men. Shocking results from MCV’s yearly salary survey show the pay gap between male and female professionals has widened in the UK – just three years after we reported that women earned more. Our research showed that the average yearly …
Read More »Gara: Sony UK suffering from PS2 hangover
New SCE UK boss Fergal Gara has admitted that the business will have to sharpen up under his stewardship. What I find at SCE is that we’ve lots of passionate and committed people. But there’s definitely an opportunity to up the pace of our competitiveness,” Gara told MCV. We still …
Read More »MCV’s 2012 UK Games Industry Salary Survey – The Results
What are you worth? We canvassed 1,000 industry workers about careers, salaries and job prospects. Here are the results. AVERAGE UK GAMES INDUSTRY YEARLY SALARY: 33,123 TOPLINE ANALYSIS & METHODOLOGY: THIS YEAR, our salary survey shows a sharp rise of over ten per cent in the average UK games industry …
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