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MCV asks Bethesda’s PR and marketing VP asks if the smash hit RPG has changed the publisher’s ambitions… Were you expecting the numbers you saw with Skyrim? Not at all. We expected it to do really well, but none of us expected it to explode like it did. Although I …
Read More »Darksiders II moves 247,000 units in US during August
A notable bit of info has made its way out of last month’s NPD report: The software division’s chart-topper Darksiders II moved just 247,000 units during the period. The NPD Group passed the revealing figure onto GI.biz late last week. It points to how comparably weak the retail market is …
Read More »Creative Scotland defends games industry report
'Figures beyond our control', insists creative industries network
Read More »Indian national team included in FIFA 13
The Indian national team, which recently beat Cameroon to lift the Nehru Cup, has surprisingly been included in in the list of national teams in FIFA 13, as revealed by a list on the FIFA Soccer Blog. It’s unclear if the Indian team has been licensed or if it will …
Read More »Activision endorses Kindle Fire with Skylanders
Amazon adds another major publisher to the list on the heels of Fire HD reveal
Read More »Activision insists it IS publishing Black Ops: Declassified on Vita
It may sound like an obvious statement, but Activision has been forced to clarify that it is indeed the publisher of Vita shooter Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified. "Activision is the publisher, but we also have a partnership with Sony to bundle Declassified with the PlayStation Vita," was the …
Read More »Auto Club Revolution expands to Russia
New partnership expands free-to-play racer across Western Europe too
Read More »First step toward Vita piracy as homebrew hack reports emerge
The PlayStation Vita’s security protocols have been breached. The hacker who cracked Amazon’s Kindle, Yifan Lu, claims to have constructed a working loader that is able to run some very basic unofficial code on the handheld. While the playing of PSP homebrew on Vita has been working for some time, …
Read More »WIN: Borderlands 2 Top Trumps
You quite liked the look of those Limited Edition Borderlands 2 Top Trumps packs, didn’t you? Well, you’re in luck – MCV has ten packs to give away to our loyal, beautiful and intellectually gifted readership. And we’re asking so very little in return. Called Guns Guns Guns, the SKU …
Read More »Kickstarter: 2012 has been the year of the game
Over the past eight months more than $50m has been put toward game campaigns on Kickstarter. A Kickstarter blog post entitled ‘The Year of the Game’ breaks down games meteoric rise on the service since it started in 2009. The numbers count for digital games, as well as board and …
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