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Retailer Game4u kicked off its end-of-year sale over the weekend. The sale features discounts on PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 games and will last almost half a month, ending on 1st January. New games will be added to sale each day and will also include used games (what Game4u calls …
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Read about the High Street’s hopes for the New Year in this week’s issue of MCV
In this week’s issue of MCV, UK retailers tell us how they’re expecting a very merry Christmas and have high hopes for the High Street moving into 2014. The launch of Xbox One and PS4, along with the bevvy of blockbuster launches and new IP keep retailers confident in the …
Read More »Five new accolades added to 2014 MCV Awards – event returns on April 10th
The MCV Awards return on April 10th, 2014 – with five new prizes up for grabs. Updated and improved categories have once again widened the scope of the awards to reflect the changing market. For the 2014 event prizes for Digital Campaign, Creative Agency and Publishing Partner – for those …
Read More »NPD November: Console launches boost total sales to $2.7bn
NPD has released its November 2013 US retail report, revealing total game sales increased seven per cent year-over-year to $2.74bn. Thanks to the arrival of the next-gen consoles and strong Wii U sales, hardware had its best November in recorded history – spiking 58 per cent to $1.3bn for the …
Read More »Nordic signs Planetary Annihilation publishing deal
Planetary Annihilation is to receive a physical retail release thanks to a new publishing deal with Nordic Games. Nordic also assumes non-exclusive partnership duties on the digital version. "Nordic Games is helping us deliver the next-generation of real-time strategy gaming to our Kickstarter backers and global fan base," CTO at …
Read More »Amazon UK launches digital PlayStation store
The UK arm of Amazon is now selling PSN games. It follows a move from the US, which launched a PlayStation digital store last month. Gamers can buy any PS3, PS Vita or PS4 game from Amazon and receive a code for use over the PlayStation Network. Fans can also …
Read More »PS4 and Xbox One sales "in a dead heat", analyst claims
Baird Equity Research’s Colin Sebastian has claimed that sales of PS4 and Xbox One are neck-and-neck. Microsoft just announced global sales of 2m units for Xbox One throughout the machine’s first 18 days. That’s roughly the same as PS4’s sales throughout its first 18 days, although it was only available …
Read More »Xbox One sells 2m units in 18 days
Microsoft has confirmed that Xbox One has sold 2m units on its first 18 days of availability. That equates to a daily average of 111,111 unit sales, which represents a new record for the Xbox brand. We continue to be humbled and overwhelmed by the positive response from our fans,” …
Read More »F2P: The state of free-to-play
Jagex is one of the oldest names in free-to-play games, having launched RuneScape in 2001. MCV talks to the firm’s Tim Hodges and Neil McClarty for their insight into the modern free-to-play gaming market the modern free-to-play market… We’re in the midst of the F2P boom. How do you make …
Read More »UPDATES: First party digital game prices raised on Xbox One
Microsoft has upped the price of its first party digital games for Xbox One. NowGamer reports that the download versions of Forza 5, Ryse: Son of Rome and Dead Rising 3 have all seen their prices increased from the 44.99 they cost at launch to 49.99. Why Microsoft would do …
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