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In news that will shock no-one, Fallout 4 has at last been named. The game is coming out on PS4, Xbox One and PC, but beyond that the specifics remain unknown. An official site is live, but the video at the centre of it remains flagged up as ‘private’. Also …
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Margin Makers: Guide to Metal Gear Solid V merchandise
Konami’s iconic stealth series returns in September with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. MCVchecks out the new merchandise hitting retail ahead of the anticipated title The 1980s: a decade of neon, sweatshirts, jackets and various other fashion-defining trends. It’s also the Cold War era during which Metal Gear …
Read More »GameStop acquires ThinkGeek owner Geeknet
Games retail superpower GameStop has broadened its reach with the acquisition of Geeknet. GameStop has acquired all of the ThinkGeek owner’s common stock for $20 per share. As recently as May 22nd it was trading at $7.90 per share, but had in recent days shot up to just under $20. …
Read More »The future state: Everything has changed
VMC’s Kirstin Whittle discusses an ongoing shift that affects the role services like QA play in games development
Read More »GameStop sees rise in revenue for past quarter
GameStop has reported better-than-expected quarterly results for the period concluded at the beginning of May. Total revenue for the three-month stretch was up 3.2 per cent to $2.06bn, while net income jumped 8.5 per cent to $73.8m. The American retail chain also boasted a 17 per cent increase in operating …
Read More »The key lessons Rebellion learned from self-publishing Zombie Army Trilogy
In the fourth and final part of his regular column, Rebellion CEO Jason Kingsley shares his insights from the launch of his first self-published console game, Zombie Army Trilogy The early results are in for Zombie Army Trilogy, Rebellion’s first self-published console title. I’m pleased to say we are on …
Read More »ESL’s Sean Charles on why sponsors are seeing the appeal of eSports
Though the soul of eSports growth in the past few decades has been a grassroots community, the heart has certainly been increasing sponsorship. According to this year’s Newzoo report, 30 percent of revenue in the industry comes from sponsors – almost identical to the 31 percent seen in traditional sports. …
Read More »Opinion: Where next for the digital chart?
In March, we combined digital sales with physical to put together an alternative UK chart, and the reaction was incredible. Popular consumer site Kotaku decided it wouldn’t run chart stories until digital sales were included, and almost every publisher (including Take-Two’s CEO) expressed an interest in sharing their numbers. The …
Read More »Physical still dominant despite digital shift
The vast majority of console game sales still come from physical stores, new data reveals. MCV has combined UKIE/GfK Chart-Track data with new figures from SuperData in an effort to show the split between the digital and physical market. And it shows that around 80 per cent of game sales …
Read More »Warner Bros producing Lego Worlds game to compete with Minecraft – rumour
Warner Bros and Lego are collaborating on what appears to be a Minecraft competitor in Lego Worlds. An image posted on the Eurobricks forums shows a flier advertising the upcoming game reading Explore. Discover. Create.” The ad indicates Warner Bros is publishing and TT Games is developing the title. There’s …
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