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Digital sales will overtake boxed product sales by 2015, according to new industry-wide survey. The conclusion came form a panel of 1,000 industry experts quizzed by London Games Conference. 16 per cent believe that sea change could occur as early as the next 12 months. 39 per cent predict it …

Over half of games professionals polled predict sea-change within four years

But consumer sales down 36 per cent to $218 million

The Nintendo Wii has fallen to its lowest price ever on the UK High Street. Supermarcket chain Asda is advertising a 89 price point for the console in today’s papers. The SKU on offer includes a white version of the machine and two games – Wii Sports and Wii Party. …

Up to 6,000 copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 were reportedly stolen by French thieves in the early hours of yesterday morning. Eurogamer reports that a car crashed into a van carrying around €400,000 worth of video games at 8:00am on Sunday morning. Upon exiting the van, the …

Buyout 'paves way for comprehensive AI solution'

Publisher drops staff amid new investments in Canada

Number of paying customers has doubled since April

As has become tradition, Activision is tonight hosting a huge launch event for the most anticipated game of the year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. And if you’re not lucky enough to have a ticket yourself, you can watch the whole thing right here on this page on MCVuk.com. …

A little over a year after launching, LEGO has announced its attention to close its free-to-play MMO title LEGO Universe in January. The decision has lead to the closure of two of the firm’s studios; Play Well in the US and a second facility in Denmark. As many as 115 …