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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 …

Valve has released Steam’s latest top ten products chart, with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive once more coming out ahead. The order of things may have remained undisturbed had it not been for the introduction of XCOM: Enemy Unknown to the chart. Pre-orders for the game have it making a strong debut …

'Figures beyond our control', insists creative industries network

Nation's authorities respond to controversial Creative Scotland report

In MCV’s weekly rundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, Lewis Digby departs Nintendo’s UK team and we look at the best job opportunities. Nintendo PR manager heads to GameloftLewis Digby has left Nintendo UK to join French software company Gameloft as marketing and PR manager. I’ve had …

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 …

Some would have you believe journalists and publishers are constantly at war. MCV gives PRs a chance to have their say on working with the media Dominic Carey UK Xbox PR, MicrosoftI personally feel like the relationship between journalists and PRs is in a good place. In my experience, honesty …

Amazon adds another major publisher to the list on the heels of Fire HD reveal

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 …

PlayStation certified device to support Google Play apps