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The MCV Industry Excellence Awards return on Thursday, April 10th – and YOU can help us decide who makes the shortlist. By lobbying the MCV team, you can nominate either yourself or another outstanding individual or company which has gone the extra mile in the last year. To give us …
Read More »All-new MCV Award announced
MCV is proud to present an all-new category for this year’s MCV Excellence Awards, which take place at London’s The Brewery on April 10th. The Sales Triumph Award will be gifted to the publisher that had the most impressive better-than-expected peformance at retail last year. There are 17 Awards in …
Read More »ELSPA welcomes anti-obesity scheme
Trade body ELSPA has said it is looking forward to working with the UK Government on its 372 million plan to reduce obesity. Yesterday’s Department of Health action plan revealed yesterday stated that it will Set up a working group with the entertainment technology industry to ensure that they continue …
Read More »Introducing the MCV Awards ’08…
The MCV Industry Excellence Awards return to their popular location at the The Brewery in Chiswell Street, London on Thursday April 10th. All companies and all games industry professionals have the chance to enjoy their night even more than most by picking up an award. The MCV Awards are about …
Read More »Ubisoft delays Haze, confirms new Prince of Persia
Ubisoft has announced that forthcoming shooter Haze has been delayed until fiscal 2008-2009, having originally been scheduled to appear during the fourth quarter of 2007-08. The publisher has raised its 2008-09 sales target to approximately €1 billion, compared with the previously-announced forecast of around €975 million, in order to take …
Read More »Wii hits six million sales in Europe
Nintendo has revealed its latest installed base figures – and can boast six million Wii sales and a phenomenal 20 million DS sales across Europe. The platform holder also announced its financials for the year ending December 31st 2007, confirming that it has sold over 20 million Wiis and over …
Read More »THQ cleans up IP house
Last night THQ announced a number of changes to its product portfolio and internal development business, Develop reports, including the decision ‘not to pursue’ certain IPs and the closure of one US studio, in a bid to boost its slate of owned property and begin a new product quality strategy. …
Read More »Ubisoft beats Q3 forecasts as sales hit 450m
Sales for the third quarter ended December 31st 2007 came to €450 million, up 44.4 per cent compared to the €311 million recorded for the same period the previous year. Ubisoft put its forecast-beating performance down to exceptional” sales of Assassin’s Creed, which in the US was the second-top seller …
Read More »Iwata: ‘We can expand gaming audience even further’
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has asserted that the platform holder is confident it can reach even more new, non-gaming audiences with Wii and DS. Speaking to Japanese site Yukan Fuji (as translated by IGN), Iwata said Nintendo was going to try new things” this year in order to ensure the …
Read More »After an exciting new job? Let us help
Maybe you meant to apply for a new job after New Year and haven’t had the time… Maybe you haven’t yet spruced up that CV… But whenever you’re ready, you’ll find the best list of jobs in games at Mcvuk.com. This week, online retail giant Amazon is advertising for a …
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