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The number of World of Warcraft subscribers has fallen from over 12m to 10.3m in one year. Yesterday Blizzard announced that 800,000 players left the PC MMO between July and September. During October last year the game reached a peak with over 12m users. Earlier this year that figure fell …

Company prepares overhaul to digital business

A leaked email from Adobe appears to signal that the company is to quit development of its Flash player plug-in for mobile devices. The news has lead to many pundits proclaiming that this is the first move toward an end for Flash on the internet, as was famously predicted by …

UPDATE: There will not be any specially made PlayStation Move peripherals produced for BioShock Infinite, MCV can reveal. A spokesperson on behalf of Irrational Games told MCV that stories about the supposed accessory are ‘confused’, as was the statement on the PlayStation website. Previous story in full below: 2K Games’ …

Konami’s UK PES team leader John Murphy has admitted that the Pro Evolution Soccer series has fallen further behind rival FIFA. "In the UK we’ve definitely lost ground," Murphy told Eurogamer. "But that doesn’t give us the full picture across all territories. I think right now, there’s been a fair …

Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two has reported a drop in revenues and increased losses for the quarter ending September 30th. Losses reached $47.3m compared to $8m for the same quarter in 2010. Revenue fell from $245m to $107m year-on-year. The numbers, nonetheless, were better than expectations, driven mostly by strong …

Call of Duty and World of Warcraft publisher Activision has reported a near tripling of profits for the quarter ending September 30th. Total profit came in at $148m – that’s up on the $51m reported in the same period in 2010. Sales also far exceeded expectations, coming in at $627m. …

Coming shortly after news of Best Buy’s UK retreat, another big box out-of-town chain has found itself on the rocks. Fortunately, however, the future is somewhat brighter for Comet, which was last night sold by its parent firm Kesa to Hailey Holdings and Hailey Acquisitions for just 2. The pair …

Low Value Consignment Relief will no longer apply to goods sent to the UK from the Channel Islands, the Government has announced. The controversial tax loophole is used by many of the biggest UK online retailers – most famously Play.com, The Hut Group, Asda and Amazon – to dodge millions …

Instability has had a huge impact on outsourcing for our US customers, says Di-o-matic