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A Zelda art book is currently the best selling title on the mighty Amazon.com. The success of The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Hysteria on the American retail site was spotted by NintendoLife, which adds that the book had previously topped Amazon.com’s listing back in August of last year. Furthermore, the …
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Rubin: THQ would have survived in the games industry of the future
THQ stood a great chance of survival if it could have rode out the turbulence of the transitioning games industry. Popular consensus is that consolidation and downsizing will result in a leaner games industry in the future, with the spoils shared between a limited number of huge international publishers and …
Read More »HMV bank syndicate turned down offers higher than Hilco’s
Hilco’s bid for HMV’s debt was not the highest on the table, it has been claimed. The Telegraph reports that the eight-bank syndicate of lenders including RBS and Lloyds who are owed the bulk of HMV’s outstanding debt feared that their reputations would be tarnished were they to turn the …
Read More »Hilco could close up to half of HMV stores
HMV now looks very likely to survive on the UK High Street – at a price. The Daily Mail reports that Hilco could close around half of HMV’s 223 UK stores in the hope that a streamlined version of the chain can live on. It’s the same strategy that the …
Read More »Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance to ship with Cyborg Ninja DLC
All launch copies of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance will ship with a download code for the Cyborg Ninja character skin, Konami has revealed. Players can apply the skin to protagonist Raiden, and side from changing his appearance to resemble Gray Fox from the original Metal Gear Solid game, the skin …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Dixons hires Darlington, top vacancies
In MCV’s weeklyrundown of the hottest vacancies and latest personnel news, we Dixons hires a new assistant category manager and look at the best job opportunities. DARLINGTON JOINS DIXONS TEAMJoshua Darlington has joined Dixons Retail’s PC gaming peripherals and upgrades team as assistant category manager. He will be working primarily …
Read More »Short-shipped Ni No Kuni Wizard’s Edition selling for $400
A hard-to-find version of Namco Bandai RPG Ni No Kuni is currently selling for up to four times more than its RRP on eBay. The publisher announced earlier this week that a computer glitch had led to more orders being accepted for the $99.99 Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the …
Read More »Average UK games salary falls to £29,358 – find out more in this week’s MCV
This week’s MCV – which isnow available to view online–reveals that the average games salary in the UK fell by almost 4,000 to just under 30,000. This figure comes from the results of our annual salary survey, which are printed in full and analysed in this week’s issue. We also …
Read More »Calls for Government to change laws on gift cards
Independent financial adviser John Bloomfield is calling on the Government to take action on store gift cards. The move comes after HMV administrators Deloitte initially announced that it would not allow customers to use gift cards at the troubled chain. However, pressure from government and publicity for a man who …
Read More »Green Man Gaming signs up as MCV Awards 2013 Event Partner
UK-based online and digital retailer Green Man Gaming is sponsoring the MCV Awards 2013. The firm sells a range of downloadable PC games that can be traded in against future purposes, as well as a selection of boxed Xbox 360 and PS3 games. Green Man has signed up as Event …
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