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As Indie Retail Month in association with Gem continues, we take a look at Rice Digital as part of focus on the UK’s top indie innovators. Rice Digital MD Geraint Evans tells MCV how the site is tackling a side of the market some still don’t know exists. How did …
Read More »The UK’s Top Online-Only Indies: Simply Games
The final entry into our look at the UK’s top online-only indies is the 2013 MCV Award winner, Simply Games. Owner Neil Muspratt tells MCV why the site is deliberately remaining a games-only business Simply Games is one of the biggest success stories in online indie retail. The 2013 MCV …
Read More »Localisation firm Synthesis opens Brazil office
Translation firm Synthesis has opened a Brazilian office. The firm claims it is the first localisation firm to do so, and is in response to the growing Brazilian games market, which grew 11 per cent to $3bn last year. The new office is placed in Rio de Janeiro, and features …
Read More »The UK’s Top Online-Only Indies: Gameseek
Our Indie Retail Month in association with Gem continues to look at the UK’s online-only indies with Gameseek. MCV learns how Gameseek is experiencing the most rapid growth in its history from MD Stephen Staley. How has the site developed since it started?It would be impossible to list the number …
Read More »All PS4 games to support Vita remote play
Sony is making it mandatory for all PS4 games to support remote play on the PS Vita. The news was first reported by Digital Foundry, and has since been confirmed by Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida on Twitter. What this essentially means is that all PlayStation 4 …
Read More »Second listing for Mirror’s Edge 2 on Xbox One spotted
EA could be set for a hugely fan-pleasing reveal at E3 next month – Mirror’s Edge 2. After an Amazon Germany listing for the game was spotted last week, OXM has now noticed a similar listing on the Italian arm of Amazon. Both listings have now been removed. Interestingly, the …
Read More »ESA annual report highlights anti-piracy focus
The Entertainment Software Association served 3.4m takedown notices for copyright infringement in 2012, according to a recently released annual report from the organization. The report states that anti-piracy efforts last year assisted in removing nearly 100k Google links containing infringed game files, adding that the average duration of time it …
Read More »One gamer’s impassioned plea to protect pre-owned
Consumer rights should be kept at the forefront of any proposed change to the pre-owned games model. That’s according to one impassioned user of forum NeoGaf who has posted a wonderfully succinct and compelling defence of the pre-owned games model. You admit you only hold this view because of the …
Read More »Q1 sales down 6.7% at GameStop
Global games retailer GameStop has reported a like-for-like annual sales decrease of 6.7 per cent for the quarter ending May 4th 2013. Gross profit fell from $599.9m last year to $578.3m. Operating earnings fell from $115m to $87.2m. Net earnings fell from $72.5m to $54.6m. New software sales fell 3.8 …
Read More »Nvidia officially announces the GTX 780; Out now for £549
The new breed of Nvidia graphics cards have arrived. Having briefed the media yesterday Nvidia has officially announced the GeForce GTX 780, which has just gone on sale in the UK for 549. The card’s base clock comes in at 863 Mhz although this boosts to 900 Mhz. 3GB of …
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