Publishing

Metacritic, Famitsu, Edge – any of these outlets will happily tell you which titles, by their own criteria, have been the most important of the last decade. But in these situations surely the world’s only weekly trade magazine for the video games industry must be seen as the only authority …

It’s well documented that Sony’s own studios and developers contributed to the design of Move. Does that represent a wider change in philosophy at Sony? Absolutely. That’s down to the change of management that occurred three years ago, when Ken Kutaragi moved on and Kaz Harai became the president of …

2009 drew to a close with the first ever console hardware launch not to support physical media – the PSPgo. Meanwhile, outlets who rely on physical media raged an astonishing price war that saw Tesco slash EA’s FIFA 10 to an incredible 24.97. The quarter also bought ominous news for …

As 2009 started to mature the tide was changing in Japan as PS3 overthrew Wii as the country’s best selling console. The arrival of the DSi provided some good news for Nintendo, but sad news came as the industry had to say goodbye to the much loved David Reeves. Q2 …

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THQ’s Rory Donnelly has been promoted to the position of senior vice president of European publishing. The announcement comes as the publisher pushes to strengthen its presence and operations in the region. In his new role, Donnelly has been tasked with leading THQ’s European business back to profitability in line …

Publisher looking to lower cost US states as part of restructuring, says report

2009 is nearly at an end and with it comes the end of the games industry’s most successful ever decade. While each year brings with it a myriad of titles to be won for bragging rights, the Christmas Number One crown remains one of the most coveted. So what better …

There’s been no Rage Against The Machine-style upset in the video game charts, as Modern Warfare 2 easily takes 2009’s Christmas No. 1 spot in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack Top 40. The record-breaking FPSwas the runaway favourite to take the Christmas crown, and betting agency Paddy Power even started paying out …

To celebrate our final issue of 2009 Activision UK boss Andrew Brown has stepped up to the plate as one-off guest editor of MCV magazine. The past ten years have been exciting, aspirational – and surprising,” he writes in our blog section. Other surprises that this decade has brought? The …