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Nintendo and Activision reclaimed 12.8 per cent total market share in the last month between them – making serious inroads into EA’s lead over its rivals. According to ELSPA/ChartTrack sales data for November, Activision enjoyed a 9.1 per cent jump on the 2.7 per cent revenue share it recorded in …
Read More »Hollywood’s new model for game development?
Game based on Weinstein's Igor movie comes to market via outside financer
Read More »The Epic Diaries: December
This month: Unreal Engine 3 to be used to create animated series, Southpeak helps out indies and Destineer jumps on the UE3 wagonâ?¦
Read More »Nintendo considering changes to Wii ad strategy
With reports of expensive bundles and extortionate eBay prices plaguing those desperate to track down the increasingly rare Wii in time for Christmas, platform holder Nintendo has told MCV that it is considering changing some elements of its pre-Christmas marketing strategy. Marketing Week reports that all of Nintendo’s allocated Wii …
Read More »360 degree entertainment
360 degree deals may be commonplace in the music industry, says Owain Bennallack, but could they prove a valuable source of income for games studios?
Read More »Tretton: We underestimated PS3 ‘education process’
CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America Jack Tretton has admitted that many consumers were still left in the dark about PS3’s capabilities following the console’s launch. In an interview with GameDaily , to celebrate his first full year as CEO, Tretton said: We are on our fourth platform introduction, and …
Read More »JAPAN: DS sales on the rise
The PSP and PS3 may have between them enjoyed a spell of dominance in the Japanese hardware market in recent times, but it seems that Nintendo’s Wii and DS double-team is staging a fight back as both machines enjoy sales rises this week – despite drops elsewhere across the board. …
Read More »Former FASA boss opens new studio
Jordan Weisman forms new team, snaps up rights to Shadowrun, Crimson Skies and MechWarrior
Read More »Xmas shopping shows minimal footfall increase
Figures for the first week of Christmas retail have been released, and have shown that footfall only increased by 0.01 per cent year-on-year. However, looking at week-on-week figures, the number of shoppers increased by 11.2 per cent, signalling that many people had begun their Christmas shopping. For the full story …
Read More »Nintendo finally offers Stars for Wii points
Having originally promising to do so longer ago than MCV can remember, Nintendo’s pledge to allow gamers to swap their Stars Catalogue points for spendable Virtual Console currency has finally been realised with the relaunch of the Nintendo Europe website . Though the star-swapping page is down at the moment, …
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