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Nintendo UK veteran James Honeywell was declared the Unsung Hero at this year’s MCV Awards. Honeywell has been at Nintendo for 20 years, and on the night was praised for his superb product knowledge and hard work with the company, including launching the DS and 3DS consoles. In a video …
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MCV Awards 2015: Games Centre’s Craig Kennedy named Store Manager of the Year
The winner of the new Store Manager of the Year prize at this year’s MCV Awards was Games Centre Irvine’s Craig Kennedy. In a video shown on the night, staff from the Scottish retailer praised Kennedy for his store’s performance, and for his method of going directly to prospective customers …
Read More »Supermarket’s GTA V market share dipped sharply for next-gen release
Grand Theft Auto V’s jump from last-gen to next-gen appears to have brought with it a shift in the buying habits of UK gamers. Kantar Wordpanel’s Q1 UK retail report says that while the supermarkets claimed a 53.3 per cent share of GTA V’s physical sales when it was originally …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V was really this week’s No.1
Grand Theft Auto V was this week’s No.1 game in the UK if digital numbers were included, MCV understands. This week’s GfK Chart-Track report reveals that Mortal Kombat X was the best-selling UK boxed game. But the data does not factor in sales on digital platforms such as Steam. PC …
Read More »VIDEO: EA confirms Star Wars: Battlefront November launch
EA and DICE have released a new trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront, which will indeed arrive this November for PC and current-gen consoles. The unveiling confirms last week’s report regarding the Star Wars: Battlefront website’s source code leaking release info. Star Wars Battlefront will arrive on Windows PC, PlayStation 4 …
Read More »Valve introduces policy to protect Steam users from phishing scams
Valve has introduced a policy limiting Steam user accounts which have spent less than $5 on the digital distributor’s storefront. Steam users who have only activated a retail game on Steam, played a demo, added a non-Steam game as a shortcut, added a free-to-play game, or received a game as …
Read More »MCV Awards 2015: GAME celebrates triple victory
GAME took three prizes from the MCV Awards 2015. The High Street retailer received nods for Games Retailer, Community Team and Buying Team. It took away the Games Retailer prize for its impressive year, in which it floated on the stock market, made sales of 850m while its Reward Card …
Read More »MCV Awards 2015: Debbie Bestwick named Person of the Year
Games industry veteran and Team 17 boss Debbie Bestwick was named the MCV Awards 2015 Person of the Year. In a video on the night, members of Team 17 and the industry at large paid tribute to Bestwick for her long and influential career within the games sector. Those featured …
Read More »MCV Awards 2015: Destiny wins best New Games Brand
Destiny was the best New Games Brand of last year, the industry has ruled. Activision and Bungie’s sci-fi shooter outdid major rivals including Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor, Titanfall, Watch Dogs and Hearthstone to take the hotly-contested accolade at this year’s MCV Awards. The game adds the title to its already …
Read More »Price war erupts in PS4 vs Xbox One battle
Xbox One and PS4 are retailing for well below 300, as the price war between the consoles continues. Xbox announced last week that UK retailers would be lowering the cost of its console to 299.99 but some stores have gone even lower – GameStop is selling the system for under …
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