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REMINDER: MCV Awards lobbying ends tomorrow

Games firms of the UK, just one day remains to getyour lobbying infor the 2015 MCV Awards. Lobbying for the 2015 MCV Awards ends tomorrow,Friday, January 16th at 5pm. You read that correctly; if you want to put forward your suggestions for this year’s hotly-contested prizes – including Games Retailer, …

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf re-enters Japanese Top Ten, two years after its release

2012 3DS release Animal Crossing: New Leaf broke back into the Japanese Top Ten last week, according to the latest data from Famitsu. The zoological life-simulation title, which came out in Japan on November 8th 2012, made the number 10 spot in the software chart, with sales likely boosted by …

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GameStop enjoys bumper Christmas but expects Q4 sales to fall

Like-for-like sales in December grew 4.4 per cent at retailer GameStop, although total numbers for the nine weeks ending January 3rd were down year-on-year. Total sales for the period reached $2.95bn, down on the previous year’s $3.15bn. New hardware sales were surprisingly down 32 per cent from $1.05bn to $713m, …

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REMINDER: Two days left to enter the 2015 MCV Awards

A mere two days remain to getyour lobbying infor the 2015 MCV Awards. Lobbying for the 2015 MCV Awards ends thisFriday, January 16th at 5pm. That’s right – those of you wanting to put forward your suggestions for this year’s hotly-contested prizes including Games Retailer, New Games Brand, PR Team …

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‘Intense competition’ leads to GAME profit warning

Significant hardware bundle discounts have led to GAME warning investors that full year earnings will not meet expectations. Aggressive price cuts to PS4 and Xbox One consoles throughout Black Friday and in the run-up to Christmas saw GAME cut prices to maintain market share, meaning returns were lower than originally …

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GameStop teams with Microsoft for interactive Azure content

Retailer GameStop will use Microsoft’s Azure cloud computing network to power a number of new interactive content offerings. Primarily Azure will be used as a streaming platform to deliver videos and the like to customers and staff. This content will also be pushed to those who have agreed to receive …

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New eSports channel opening on MCV from February 2015

MCV is adding regular reporting on the global eSports business – including the fast-growing UK competitive games sector – as of next month. The start of the February sees the launch of eSports Pro, a new e-bulletin and alerts service that will cover the pro-gaming sector around the world. Written …

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LAST CHANCE: MCV and Develop’s 2015 Salary Survey closes today

Less than eight hours remain to take part in MCV and Develop’s 2015 Salary Survey. The survey is open to anyone in the games market, including developers, publishers, retailers, services companies and more – no matter where in the world you’re based. This is your chance to share your thoughts …

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