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BoE governor backs 'credit easing' policies, but admits QE won't boost bank loans
Read More »War of the Words: Call of Duty vs Battlefield
The arrival of Battlefield 3 next week doesn’t just mark the culmination of EA’s campaign to unseat Activision’s yearly Call of Duty colossus. It’s a calculated attack on the most lucrative modern games franchise of all time. Grudges between the publishers run deep, and this fight has dragged in not …
Read More »Olympic-sized TV spend for Mario & Sonic
There will be no escaping Mario & Sonic this Christmas as Sega ramps up its TV ad push. The publisher has prepared its biggest ever TV spend for the upcoming London 2012 Olympic Games title, which will be released for Wii on November 18th. The bulk of ads will run …
Read More »Free-to-play for core gamers ‘generates more cash’
Valve perplexed by extraordinary conversion rate for Team Fortress 2
Read More »Best Buy introduces Turtle Beach booths
Consumers can go hands on with Turtle Beach headsets at all 11 Best Buy stores. The X11 and X41 models are available for customers to use. Best Buy is also the first UK retailer to launch an online Turtle Beach shop. Giving all our customers a chance to experience the …
Read More »Sainsbury’s adds digital games in 2012
Sainsbury’s new 1m acquisition will let it develop a digital games service for 2012, it has told MCV. The supermarket giant purchased Global Media Vault (GMV) from Music Box Leisure last week. The online entertainment specialist has a unique entertainment ecommerce and digital media platform, with a digital database of …
Read More »Venom signs official 3DS peripherals range
Peripherals specialist Venom will distribute a range of officially licensed 3DS peripherals. The firm has the exclusive UK and Ireland distribution rights for Project Sustain’s 3DS range. There are nine products currently on offer, including mushroom ear buds, folio cases and in-car chargers. These are available now and are already …
Read More »Green Man Gaming hires new Operations Director
Digital distributor Green Man Gaming has hired Tim Sawyer as operations director. Sawyer most recently worked as group head of ecommerce for Middle East electronics retailer, MeMega. Before this, he was head of ecommerce for ShopDirect Group. As Europe’s fastest growing digital distributor, we needed an experienced person to take …
Read More »SURVEY: When will digital dominate discs?
At what point will digital content be the driving force behind game revenues? It’s a question that many retailers dread, that others embrace, and one that publishers constantly deliberate. Now we want your view on the matter. MCV has launched a new survey for industry professionals.Take part in our eight-question …
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