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The new EA Sports president has an ambitious plan to have all the label’s games run as connected cross-platform experiences. But, he tells Michael French, that means some tough decisions for retailers, publishers and console manufacturers During your Develop conference keynote last month you said customers had lost interest in …

The PC kingpin explains why it has torn away from its FPS roots

The long-awaited cult JPRG Xenoblade Chronicles has finally arrived in the UK today, but consumers might not be able to get their hands on it just yet. Online retailer ShopTo.net has confirmed to MCV that the game is suffering from stock shortages after a surge of last-minute demand has exceeded …

Two of North America’s leading retailers have reported significant uplifts in sales of PS3 consoles. This is thanks, of course, to the recent Sony PS3 price cut that came into effect in key territories on Tuesday. "In terms of recent trends, clearly, we’ve had two major events recently with the …

SCEE is in safe hands with Jim Ryan at the helm, says PlayStation’s incoming CEO Andrew House. In his final interview as SCEE boss, published exclusively in MCVnext week, House paid tribute to the man he has worked alongside for more than two years. He said:You could not have had …

Sony has at last revealed some of the internal specs of its PlayStation Vita handheld. And claims that the machine is comparable to a PS3 in your pocket are seemingly quite legitimate. Joystiq reports that Vita will house 512MB or RAM and 128MB of video RAM. That compares to 256MB …

Forget video games, Activision is well on its way to establishing a foothold in the toy sector. The firm is talking to retailers and media it has never spoken to before in a bid to ensure Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure is a hit. The game is almost a reboot for the …

OnLive has acknowledged that exclusive content deals will help tempt more consumers to its cloud gaming service. Currently OnLive, which officially launches in the UK on September 22nd, streams PC games from its data servers – and all are either available as standalone PC or multiformat console games too. But …

We’re told time and time again that retail can play an important part in the digital gaming landscape, but one obstacle has always remained – the iron grip platform holders have over digital console platforms. But international games retailer GameStop could be about to shatter that stalemate thanks to new …

We look at the latest TV advertising activity for games targeting men and how it affects web search traffic. This is provided by specialist communication firmGeneration Mediawhich focuses on the entertainment and leisure industries. This week we take a look at the year-on-year weekly marketing dynamics from March 20th to …