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NPD: Grand Theft Auto V leads industry to positive month in September

NPD’s monthly retail report reveals that Grand Theft Auto V sales have carried the industry to a 27 per cent year-over-year increase in total revenue. This year’s period saw $1.07bn earned, versus the $848m brought in during September 2012. Physical Software sales – where GTA V’s impact was located – …

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Read all about the Call of Duty UK battleplan in this week’s MCV

In the the latest edition of MCV,Ubisoft reveals its plans for the digital games market. It is yet another issue rammed with news and features,Call of Duty takes on Battlefield, how retail made Skylanders, plus interviews with Activision, licensing experts and merchandise makers. And that’s on top of all the …

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Green Man Gaming recommended by government for IPO fast-track

Games retailer Green Man Gaming has been named on the government’s Future Fifty list. Unveiled by chancellor George Osborne earlier this year, the list matches qualifying companies with publicly funded schemes and incentives relevant to their stage of growth and specific needs”. The overall aim is to help some of …

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Facebook and Bossa complete LGC schedule

Experts from Bossa and Facebook have joined the final schedule for next month’s London Games Conference. Roberta Lucca, CMO and co-founder at Bossa Studios, will speak on creating hit game Surgeon Simulator by doing things differently – and the results have been over a million YouTube uploads, a hundred million …

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ShopTo resolves Call of Duty: Ghosts dispute, but will Royal Mail strike scupper plans?

Call of Duty: Ghosts is now available from ShopTo.net after the retailer and Activision settled their differences regarding the title. It was revealed in May that ShopTo would not be stocking the game after a disagreement with the publisher regarding the day on which it was able to post orders …

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Monster Hunter 4 ships 3m in first month

Monster Hunter 4 has surpassed 3m copies shipped in its first month. Capcomannounces the figure was reached across both retail and digital versions of the game. The milestone brings the lifetime sales total for the Monster Hunter series to 26m units sold. Monster Hunter 4 launched on September 14th in …

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Warner Bros spends big on Batman: Arkham Origins

Forget PS4 and Xbox One, one of the biggest marketing campaigns of Christmas will be for a current-gen game. Warner Bros has revealed a huge advertising push behind its new Batman title – Arkham Origins. It includes a blockbuster TV campaign, events, drinks promotions with Kick, plus heavyweight online, digital …

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Pokemon X & Y sell 4m in opening weekend

Nintendo has revealed some impressive sales numbers for Pokemon X & Y’s opening weekend. The games – the first entries in the Pokemon series on 3DS – sold 4m units between them on Saturday October 12th and Sunday October 13th. And Friday October 11th in the UK. The impressive number …

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