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Warner Bros Interactive has snapped up erstwhile Bastion exec Mark Ward as UK PR manager. Ward left Bastion after 13 years earlier this month. Head of games at WBIE UK Spencer Crossley said: We are delighted to have Mark on board. He brings an unrivalled wealth of PR experience to …
Read More »Video on demand PSP bundles arriving next month
Sony is to ramp up its emphasis on PSP’s impressive video on demand technology next month with the launch of two new bundles concentrating on the Go!View service. Arriving on May 8th, the Go!View pack will include a black PSP-3000, 2GB Memory Stick Duo, mini USB cable and two month …
Read More »Games offer marketers more than TV
The most popular video games now outsell films and DVDs. The game Grand Theft Auto IV alone sold around six million copies in its first week on worldwide release, grossing more than $500m. Game sales are predicted to rise 12% this year to create a market worth $36bn, compared to …
Read More »Xbox 360 Game of the Year Bundle rolls out
Microsoft is to launch a brand new Xbox 360 Elite SKU at North American retail next month called the Xbox 360 Game of the Year Bundle. The package, which was announced by Major Nelson, includes an Elite Xbox 360 console, which as always will come in black and include a …
Read More »Fallout: New Vegas in surprise reveal
Bethesda has surprised one and all this afternoon with the shock announcement of a brand new Fallout title for PC and next-consoles next year. Dubbed Fallout: New Vegas, the game is not a sequel to last year’s massively popular Fallout 3, and will instead be a standalone title ‘set in …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Wii Fit claims 12th number one
Nintendo’s Wii Fit is enjoying its third straight week at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week, brining the total amount of number ones enjoyed by the title to 12 – with eight coming in 2009. EA’s The Godfather II manages to hold on to …
Read More »GfK-ChartTrack: We want digital chart this year
Sales monitor GfK-ChartTrack has revealed to MCV that it hopes to set up a chart of UK digital downloads by the end of this year. The company said it was in ‘active discussions’ with a number of leading providers of downloadable digital content with a view to inking a deal …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet price plummets
The price of acclaimed PS3 title LittleBigPlanet has tumbled to around 10, six months after it was released. The Media Molecule-developed title has an SRP of 44.99, but can be found at online retailers – including DVD.co.uk – for 10.89, while Play and Amazon have the title on sale for …
Read More »UK retail ‘wants to be part of digital revolution’
UK retail has told MCV that it wants to be a part of the digital revolution, following news that Amazon is selling Xbox Live Arcade game codes in the US. Key UK retailers have told MCV that they would be ‘very interested’ in selling digital games through their websites. However, …
Read More »JAPAN: Xbox 360 tops satisfaction poll
Microsoft’s Xbox 360 has topped a consumer satisfaction poll in Japan, outperforming both Nintendo and Sony’s console offerings. The survey, released by ASCII Media Works, asked both console owners and potential buyers to rate all the consoles in six categories; Value for money, variety of compelling software, graphical strength, hardware …
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