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Studios â??left in the darkâ?? on sales data cannot plan accordingly, says Doublesix

Only yesterday MCV was highlighting the rising number of accessory-based titles heading to market this Q4 – and now Namco Bandai has added to the collection with new learning title Easy Piano on DS which is due for release in PAL territories this November. Published by Game Life and distributed …

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Sony has joined fellow platform holder Nintendo is posting year-on-year sales declines for its financial quarter ending June 30th, with revenues in its PlayStation business down 18 per cent year-on-year. Revenues for the recently formed Network Product and Services Division, which houses both the PlayStation business and its Walkman operations, …


German city continues its ambitions to be the Hollywood of gaming with a uni Masters course

HMV CEO Simon Fox could be set to leave the retailer to become the new boss of ITV, according to reports. According to The FT, HMV shares fell more than two per cent yesterday as the City digested the news. Fox, 48, took the top job at HMV in 2006, …

Nintendo has become the latest video games company to suffer significant year-on-year declines, with net profits down 60.6 per cent in Q1 2009-2010 to YEN 42 billion, compared to YEN 107 billion in the same period a year before. The firm this morning reported operating profits of YEN 40bn for …

With Xbox 360’s full games-on-demand service now just days away, Microsoft’s VP of strategy and business development for Interactive Entertainment Shane Kim has stated that any possibility of digital releases going day and date with retail is a long way off. There are a lot of complex issues to deal …

Rising prices for new releases won’t harm customer demand, leading online, indie and chain retailers have told MCV. This week concerns over price rises for titles like Modern Warfare 2 (pictured) spilt over into the mainstream media, with BBC Radio 1, The Telegraph and The Times wading into the story …

New Pocket studio to focus on games for iPhone, PSPgo and other handheld formats