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ALL FORMATS TOP 20 1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360, PS3, PC, DS) Activision 2. The Simpsons (360, PS2, DS, WII, PSP, PS3) EA 3. Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 (PS2, 360, PS3, PC) Konami 4. Assassins’s Creed (PS3, 360) Ubisoft 5. WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008 (360, PS2, …
Read More »EA: FIFA is biggest game of 2007
Electronic Arts has proclaimed FIFA 08 as ‘the true entertainment launch of the year’ after the game achieved one million sales in the UK after just nine weeks on the market. The title was the first release to hit the milestone this year – a week earlier than FIFA 07 …
Read More »The power of the gaming sequel
Even excluding the hefty coin from console hardware (which has no equivalent in the film world), games sales alone are up 27 per cent from the same period in 2006, to $5 billion, according to the NPD Group. When it comes to sequel-itis, the film business is clearly in the …
Read More »GAME GAMESTATION ENQUIRY
1. On 9 August 2007 the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) referred the completed acquisition of Games Station Limited (Gamestation) by Game Group PLC (GAME) to the Competition Commission (CC) for investigation and report. The reference was made under section 22 of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act). We are …
Read More »Retail Advisory Board welcomes new members
Comet’s Debbie O’Neill and Gameseek.co.uk’s Stephen Staley are the latest new additions to MCV’s prestigious Retail Advisory Board – an elite group of the industry’s top games buyers. They join Retail Advisory Board luminaries such as GAME’s Lisa Morgan, Gamestation’s Martyn Gibbs, Sainsbury’s Brian Foote, Play.com’s Gian Luzio and Woolworths’ …
Read More »75 per cent of European parents worried about violent games
A survey conducted on behalf of Microsoft has claimed that over 75 per cent of parents in the UK, France, Italy and Germany are concerned about the content of games played by their children, the BBC reports. Half of the parents surveyed also believe that gaming should be kept to …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Assassins Creed holds off next-gen challenge
EA’s Need for Speed: Pro Street might have shifted up a gear in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week as it prepares for its campaign to capture the Christmas Number One crown, but Ubisoft’s popular Middle East-themed outing is holding tight in the next-gen console race. Assassin’s Creed …
Read More »Take 2: Industry consolidation is inevitable
Take 2 is just one of a number of companies whose stock price has risen amid the mounting speculation of further mergers and takeovers in the light of the Activision-Blizzard deal – and now CEO Ben Feder has stated that further industry consolidation is as near as certain. Speaking to …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Need for Speed gains momentum
There were some who thought that Need for Speed: Pro Street’s weaker than normal arrival in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 last week meant it could be time for a change in the annual Christmas battle – but such folk will be eating their words this week as EA’s …
Read More »Games Marketing Forum
Selling more games. That, you would imagine, would be the main thrust of the recent Games Marketing Forum at the Cumberland Hotel. But it was about a lot more than that. Gaming’s cultural resonance, legal advice on prize promotions, how to make an emotional impact, proximity marketing, working out a …
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