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Data firm Media Create has revealed pre-order figures for the Nintendo Switch in Japan, so players who haven’t secured Nintendo’s new console yet should do it quickly if they want to enjoy it at launch. The sales-tracking company reports that over 80 per cent of the country’s initial shipment has …
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MCV Awards Update: Who’s judging the awards?
The MCV awards are now only six weeks away, which means I really should get on with working out what I’m going to say to greet the great-and-good of the industry come the 9th of March (suggestions welcome!). Suffice to say that besides my own small input, the event is …
Read More »Playwire signs exclusive ad deal with US gaming giant Game Informer
Playwire media has signed a deal with the GameStop-owned Gameinformer.com to become the sole representative for all advertising inventory for the digital edition of the magazine and its associated website. Game Informer claims to be the largest digital publication in the world and with a total circulation of over 6.3m …
Read More »This week’s MCV: Everything you need to know about the Nintendo Switch
This week, we talk to UK retailers about Nintendo’s new console, take a look at the hardware, discuss the Switch’s games both at launch and beyond, and share what the games industry thinks about what could be one of the most disruptive consoles the industry’s ever seen. We also speak …
Read More »Microsoft’s hardware revenue falls 22%, but software sales and services are on the up
The ever-decreasing cost of Xbox One consoles has caused Microsoft’s gaming revenue to fall by 3 per cent year-on-year, the company revealed in its Fiscal Q2 2017 report. Xbox revenue reached $3.595bn in Microsoft’s fiscal Q2 2017 report, with the company stating that lower Xbox console pricing was the main …
Read More »US digital market grew 16% year-on-year in December 2016
The US digital console market grew 16 per cent year-on-year in December 2016, compared with a 16 per cent drop year-on-year at US retail during the same period. That’s according to the latest report from data research firm SuperData. December was the worst month in two decades for the US console …
Read More »PlayStation announces Horizon Zero Dawn PS4 bundle for Europe
Sony is releasing a Horizon Zero Dawn PlayStation 4 bundle in Europe to celebrate the game’s launch this March, the company has announced on its PlayStation Blog. The 1TB bundle, which features the new, slimline console, will arrive in shops on March 1st. It comes with a copy of the …
Read More »GAME cancels Resident Evil VII Collector’s Editions due to broken mansions
A broken batch of Resident Evil VII Collector’s Editions has led GAME to cancel several customer pre-orders. The 99 Collector’s Edition is exclusive to GAME and was meant to include a miniature replica of the Baker Mansion among other special items. However, GAME has now admitted that these mansion replica …
Read More »Tekken 7 release date confirmed for June 2nd
Tekken 7 is launching on June 2nd on PS4, Xbox One and PC, Bandai Namco has announced, and will come in multiple editions at retail. The standard Day One version of the game will come with a physical copy of the game and the Eliza character DLC, but there will …
Read More »Halo Wars 2 and Forza Horizon 3 headline new Xbox One S bundles
Microsoft has announced two new Xbox One consoles for the UK: the Xbox One S Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition Bundle (1TB) and the Xbox One S Forza Horizon 3 Bundle. The latter comes in both 1TB and 500GB configurations. The Halo Wars 2 Ultimate Edition Bundle launches on February …
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