MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
MCV speaks to Rich Taylor, the senior vice president of E3 organiser ESA, about the recent loss of Activision and EA from the expo’s show floor. EA and Activision have both decided not to hold a booth at E3 this year. It has raised questions within the trade over the …
Read More »Search Results for: retail
Bigger than Star Wars: Is Yo-kai Watch about to conquer Europe?
Forget NX and smartphone games – the product that might just come to define Nintendo’s 2016 is a 3DS title. Yo-kai Watch is a monster of a Japanese phenomenon. Created by Level-5 (the company responsible for the Professor Layton series), the last Yo-kai Watch movie attracted more viewers in its …
Read More »Making the most of the booming games toys and merchandise market
Walk into any games retailer and you’ll be greated by a wealth of toys and merchandise. T-shirts, figurines, bracelets, hoodies, posters, bags, keyrings, artbooks, mugs, shot glasses… the list of branded goods available goes on. And there’s some serious cash to be made in this sector. Just last year, American …
Read More »Can Yo-kai Watch conquer Europe? Find out in this week’s MCV
Yo-kai Watch is reaching the western market next month: Nintendo, licence holder Viz Media and Japanese expert Famitsu discuss the phenomenon in this week’s MCV. We also talked to Deep Silver CEO Klemens Kundratitz about his games line-up for the year to come, which could be one of the biggest …
Read More »HTC partners up with Currys PC World, Overclockers UK and Scan for Vive VR
Starting today (Thursday, March 17th), consumers can try and pre-order HTC’s Vive VR headset at a number of PC-focused brick and mortar stores. The tech giant will be bringing its virtual reality hardware to Currys PC World (Leeds Birstall, Reading and Tottenham Court Road locations), Overclockers UK (Newcastle-under-Lyme) and Scan …
Read More »GAME’s latest acquisition SocialNAT rests on unsound footing
Last month, UK game retailer GAMEannounced its latest expansioninto esports—the acquisition of SocialNAT, a Spanish esports organization dedicated to hosting online competitions and offline events. GAME’s expansion isn’t surprising, but the partnership with SocialNAT is, primarily because of a SocialNAT’s director’s criminal history, along with the company’s shady media penetration. …
Read More »Analyst expects Sony ‘to utterly dominate the rest of the console cycle’
The announcement of a 350 RRP for PlayStation VR could mark the game over point in the next-gen console battle. That’s according to Macquarie Securities analyst Ben Schachter, who told VG247 that without a significant intervention from Microsoft, PS4 could now run away with the market. A big open question …
Read More »Amazon has sold through its initial PlayStation VR launch allocation
PlayStation VR is off to a great start on Amazon. The online giant opened pre-orders for the headset at 11am this morning. Now it is saying that its initial launch allocation was accounted for in just 45 minutes. Due to limited stock we are only able to offer one unit …
Read More »Virtual reality demo stations coming to Currys PC World
Consumers are to be given the chance to try the HTC Vive VR experience at branches of Currys PC World. Start Replay reports that an announcement looks likely this week. To date only three outlets are scheduled to get a permanent VR area – London’s Tottenham Court Road, the Reading …
Read More »Over 1,300 new UK stores sold video games in 2015
The number of physical stores selling video games jumped up in 2015. 6,609 stores sold games in the UK last year, a rise of 1,337 over 2014. The data comes via GfK and retail trade body ERA. Every store type increased last year, including electrical chains (up by three stores), …
Read More »