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Investors in retailer HMV have voted almost unanimously to sell off the Hammersmith Apollo. MCV’s sister site Music Week reports that 99.96 per cent of investors who participated in the vote were in favour of the sale. New joint company Stage C Limited tabled a 32m offer for the venue …
Read More »Game4U Resident Evil 6 contest
Update:This contest has now ended. Please click here for the results. Resident Evil 6 is only a few months away and we’ve tied up with Game4U to give MCV India readers the chance to win a copy of the eagerly anticipated game. All you need to do is fill out …
Read More »UK games retail down 40% in June
2.1m games were sold at retail last month – a drop of more than 40 per cent compared with June 2011. In total, stores generated 48.4m from software sales throughout June, down 38.2 per cent from the 78.4m made during the same period last year. The biggest new release of …
Read More »Sub-$100 Android-based console reaches Kickstarter goal
A proposed console based on the Android operating system with a price of under $100 could soon be a reality. A new start-up developing the Ouya console has already secured private funding, but sought an additional $950,000 via crowd-funding site Kickstarter. It reached its goal in just eight hours, and …
Read More »Counter-Strike: Global Offensive part of PSN Play 2012 promotion
PlayStation Pub Fund title Papo & Yo will finally see the light of day this August as part of the PlayStation Network Play 2012 promotion. The PSN-only puzzle-platformer will be accompanied in the promotion by three other new releases – movie tie-in The Expendables 2: The Video Game; long awaited …
Read More »Valve has "no plans to change" despite Euro ruling
Steam will not introduce any functionality to allow gamers to sell on products they buy digitally, it has said. We don’t have any plans to change,” was the stark response given (twice) to PCGamesN by Valve’s business development director Jason Holtman. The comments come following last week’s revelation that the …
Read More »Kid Icarus becomes Panini trading card game
Panini has bolstered its trading card game portfolio with hit Nintendo title, Kid Icarus Uprising. Over 40 million people in Europe have played the Nintendo game, with over 100,000 units already sold. There are 1.4m members on Club Nintendo and 12,000 Kid Icarus card packets sold out on the site …
Read More »Tiny Wings 2 is free!
Oh, how things change. Tiny Wings 2 is arguably the biggest release in games this week… and it’s free! Owners of Tiny Wings should keep their eyes peeled for an update to the game. It has already rolled out in New Zealand and should hit the UK around midnight. What …
Read More »Amazing 1,000,000 games collection sells on eBay
There are people who collect video games. Then there are people who COLLECT video games. An eBay auction for 22 sets of complete hardware and software line-ups for a number of retro games systems has sold on eBay for a colossal $999,999.99. And that doesn’t include the estimated €1,000 shipping …
Read More »Green Man Gaming merges with Playfire
Green Man Gaming has merged with global gaming community Playfire. Playfire was founded in 2007 and has more than 1m gamers on its service. The network lets members track their gaming habits and compare with their friends. The total number of games registered on Playfire is 80.9m, with the Playfire …
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