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Nintendo is determined to shatter the sales records set by Wii Fit with the release of Wii Sports Resort. Wii Fit topped the UK All Formats chart 16 times in total – including a string of seven weeks in a row at No.1. Wii Sports Resort is tthe biggest launch on …
Read More »No trade-in kiosks for Best Buy UK
Carphone Warehouse has told MCV that there are no plans to bring the trade-in ‘vending machines’ seen in Best Buy US stores to the UK. The kiosks are currently being trialled in Best Buy outlets in Dallas and Austin, and are similar to machines that appeared in Wal-Mart in May. …
Read More »TV Times
Seems a long time ago, right? In just a few years, we’ve become pretty blas about Xbox 360 and Nintendo marketing dominating the Christmas TV ad schedule – and Sony spunking over 4 million on getting PS3 noticed during an economic slowdown. This week, the latest fillip in games’ outgrowing …
Read More »Sony hails birth of new Euro powerhouse
SCEE has backed Tecmo Koei Europe to become a significant player in the European video games market. The newly-formed publisher was officially revealed last week, and has pledged to grow its presence in the West by developing new IP and making its established franchises, including Dynasty Warriors, more accessible to …
Read More »GMAs return to London in October
This year’s Games Media Awards will take place on the evening of Thursday, October 15th at Jongleurs comedy club in Camden, London. The event, now in its third year, will again hail the best brands and individuals from the specialist and mainstream sectors, in print and online. Full details of …
Read More »Industry vet blasts Twitter â??buzzwordsâ??
Widespread naivety on the true value of social network integration, says Mika
Read More »The Social Swing
Industry vet Mike Mika on the convergence of social media
Read More »The moment we’ve been rating for
ELSPA grafted for 12 long months to convince Labour to make PEGI the UK’s sole ratings system for games – but the real work’s only just begun. Tim Ingham gets the full story from Michael Rawlinson… What are your initial reactions to the Digital Britain report?I think it’s a fantastic …
Read More »Battlefield 1943 out next week
The next instalment in DICE’s popular multiplayer war series Battlefield 1943 will be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 next week, publisher EA has confirmed. Xbox 360 owners will get a one-day head start of their PlayStation rivals when the game arrives on Xbox Live on July 8th, priced at …
Read More »DDI: 3D wont be mainstream for years
3D video games won’t be mass market for at least another five years, Data Design Interactive has told MCV. The casual games specialist is to launch one of the first 3D video games, Battle Rage: The Robot Wars – which comes with 3D glasses – ahead of Ubisoft’s highly anticipated …
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