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This week’s MCV has seven pages dedicated to the Games Media Awards, as the UK games press celebrated the sector’s best journalism and personalities earlier this week. We also speak to anti-piracy firm Denuvo about its war against games pirates and to Trion Worlds’ CEO Scott Hartsman about his debut …
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ERA: 77% of UK players prefer boxed games
Digital may be the biggest sector in video games, but research from the Entertainment Retailers Association says that 77.1 per cent of UK consumers prefer their games in boxes. Writing for MCV, ERA boss Kim Bayley explained that British gamers are hugely in favour of physical releases for a variety …
Read More »International Factfile 2016: Romania
Romania might not be known for its gaming scene, yet it’s actually behind one of the biggest franchises of all time. FIFA is (in part) being developed by EA Bucharest, alongside the firm’s flagship studio in Canada. And it’s not the only triple-A developer in the country, as mobile giant …
Read More »Profits fall 81 per cent at GAME
GAME Digital has seen profits for the year fall to 4.9m, down 81 per cent the 25.8m reported in the previous year. Sales dropped from 866.6m to 822.5m, a 5.1 per cent decline. Adjusted profit fell 56.8 per cent to 16.4m. The board has approved a final share dividend of …
Read More »Resident Evil 4-6 remasters have shipped 1.5 million copies
The remasters of Resident Evil 4, 5 and 6 have shipped more than 1.5 million units according to publisher Capcom. The remasters are available both digitally and physically in North America, where they shipped 1 million units, while in Europe they are only available digitally, with a physical release expected …
Read More »The Gear VR app has been disabled on the Samsung Galaxy Note 7
Oculus has dropped support for the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 with its Gear VR platform. Anyone who now tries to download the Gear VR app when on a Note 7 will be met with a message explaining that the app is not available due to safety concerns. Customer safety is …
Read More »Samsung officially halts production of the Note 7, tells users to "power down"
It looks like the days of exploding Samsung Galaxy Note 7s are over as Samsung has told all users to power down.” After reports yesterday that production of the Note 7 had stopped, Samsung came out and confirmed that was the case, and that they have told all carriers and …
Read More »FIFA 17 still UK No.1, Mafia III debuts in second place
EA’s latest FIFA title has held onto the top spot in the UK charts for its second week on shelves. That’s according to GfK’s software ranks, which say that the football title saw a sales decline of 79 per cent week-on-week. Meanwhile, 2K Games’ latest new release, Mafia III, debuted …
Read More »Just a few weeks after launch Persona 5 is already Atlus’ best selling game in Japan
Persona 5 has sold 437,929 copies in Japan, making it Atlus’ best selling game in the country. Having launched on September 15th Persona 5 has already sold more than 400,000 units across both PS4 and PS3 according to the Media Create sales numbers, which were helpfully translated by Persona Central.Earlier …
Read More »Meet MCV’s 30 Under 30 2016
MCV reveals the most talented young minds working in the UK games industry in 2016 This year’s 30 Under 30 is sponsored by OPM Recruitment. Adam MasonVideo Producer, GameSpot UK Age: 28 Adam Mason has worked as a video producer in games for over five years. Starting out as the …
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