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Capcom is elated following the success of last week’s Resident Evil 5, and the publisher is confident the game will continue to sell ‘all year round’. The title claimed over 27 per cent of console game revenues this week, and Capcom plans to bolster sales with a full Easter TV, …
Read More »RE5 beats Bono as gaming tops entertainment battle
Gaming’s position atop of the UK entertainment hierarchy was given a serious boost last week as strong sales of Capcom’s chart-topping Resident Evil 5 saw gaming streak ahead of both music and film. Stats from Verdict research show that last weekend RE5 outsold every item in the UK singles charts …
Read More »UK retail stunned by Wii price hike
UK retailers have told MCV they are ‘surprised’ by news that Nintendo has raised the trade cost of the Wii, and are currently evaluating a new street price. Nintendo Wii’s trade price is set to increase by around 16.50 (approximately 19 including VAT) due to the ‘continuing depreciation of the …
Read More »Sony freezes staff wages
As part of its ongoing drive to cut costs amidst the tough global economic climate, Sony has announced that it is to put a freeze on staff wages for the year beginning April 2009, Reuters reports. Japanese paper Nikkei has stated that in addition worker’s bonuses will be lowered from …
Read More »Gian Luzio leaves Play.com
Play.com’s head of games Gian Luzio has left the online giant, MCV has learnt. Luzio had been employed at Play for seven years, and picked up three MCV Awards for best online retailer in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The Play.com games team claimed Golden Joystick awards for best retailer in …
Read More »Murray Pannell to join Ubisoft
Ubisoft’s search for a new UK marketing director is over: the publisher has confirmed to MCV that it has hired Microsoft man Murray Pannell for the job. The impressive swoop ends a six-year stint for Pannell (pictured) at Microsoft, where he was group product manager for Xbox 360 and Games …
Read More »Promotion for Hideo Kojima
Metal Gear creator is now 'Managing Director Operating Officer and Studio Head' at his studio
Read More »Industry still has an image problem, admits Sony boss
Sony Computer Entertainment’s UK boss Ray Maguire believes the games industry must work harder to change negative perceptions. Writing exclusively for MCV, Maguire has reflected on the recent Department of Health advert which targeted gaming as a dangerously sedentary pursuit. He says that rather than being outraged, the industry must …
Read More »Our industry has changed, now lets change how we are viewed
I must admit that when I first saw the Change 4 Life ‘PlayStation’ ad I felt exactly the same way as everyone else. How could this happen? How could the Department of Health and the charities, the ad agency, all get this so wrong? It was sloppy marketing to say …
Read More »New look for MCVuk.com
As you may notice while reading this, we’ve launched an exciting new look for the MCV website. The sleek upgrade reinforces our position as the leading games industry website, featuring news, industry comment, interviews with leading names in the trade – and a vast resource for retailers, Retail Biz. Retail …
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