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HMV has launched digital Xbox and PlayStation titles in all of its stores, the retailer has told MCV. The business started selling single SKU ESD products in its outlets in early December, and says stocking individual digital titles is ‘far easier for consumers to understand what they’re getting’ as opposed …
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ANALYSIS: How did the UK games market perform in 2014?
The overall games market (software, hardware and accessories) declined six per cent in units and climbed 12 per cent in revenue during 2014. Revenue growth came from console hardware (up 46 per cent), which needs little explanation in the first full calendar year for PS4 and Xbox One. Those two …
Read More »eSports, rising profits and in-app purchases lead GDC developer survey
Meanwhile more developers are focusing on Xbox One and PS4
Read More »Microsoft reinstates Xbox One’s US Christmas price drop
Xbox One will as of today once again cost $349 in the US. The machine was discounted from $399 to $349 back in November but was after Christmas once again raised to full price. It was a strategy that proved successful, too, allowing the machine to reverse a prolonged period …
Read More »MCV Awards 2015 entries – deadline is 5pm TODAY!
This is it, your final chance; less than nine hours remain to getyour lobbying infor the 2015 MCV Awards. Lobbying for the 2015 MCV Awards ends today,Friday, January 16th at 5pm. That’s right: if you want to put forward your suggestions for this year’s accolades – including Games Retailer, New …
Read More »Sorry Minecraft, you’re not the biggest game in the UK
Writing MCV opinion pieces can, at times, feel like smashing my head against the proverbial brick wall. I know I must sound like a record trapped on repeat, but the data and information this industry is giving out just isn’t good enough. Not to dismiss Chart-Track’s figures. The retail data …
Read More »Find out whether Future was right to close CVG in this week’s issue of MCV
The first issue of MCV in 2015 is now online, featuring an interview with Future’s Declan Gough about the closure of iconic gaming brand CVG. This week’s MCV also features an interview with new EA UK country manager Shaun Campbell about the company’s performance in 2014 and the upcoming blockbuster …
Read More »VIDEO: Puzzle & Dragons comes to 3DS while Pokémon goes free-to-play
Nintendo turns the tables on those insisting its IP should go mobile
Read More »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, …
Read More »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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