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Call of Duty publisher is making good on its promise to create another billion dollar franchise. Activision has just announced that Skylanders has, after just over a year on the market, already made a total of $500m in revenue in the US. When the toy-and-video game hybrid was launched, the …
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OPINION: Rumours of the games console’s death greatly exaggerated – no thanks to Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony
Speculation lately about the decline and ultimate death of the games console is rife these days. Sliding sales of boxed games and a severely depressed hardware market certainly aren’t dispelling that notion. And more and more the people that were once on the fringes of the trade – mobile developers, …
Read More »Xbox 360 gets limited edition Tomb Raider controller
Square Enix and Microsoft has teamed up to create a special joypad for the launch of the Tomb Raider reboot. The Xbox 360 Tomb Raider Limited Edition Wireless Controller will be available when the game arrives on March 5th. It will retail for 39.99. The controller was designed with help …
Read More »Don’t worry, Xbox is not ditching the High Street
There is just one Microsoft-published game on the release schedule. Gears of War: Judgment launches on March 22nd and when MCV asked a rep yesterday if that was it, we were pointed to the array of Xbox Live Arcade titles on the way. It’s not exactly the answer GAME or …
Read More »HMV says Blue Cross sale not related to banking covenants
HMV has downplayed speculation over discounting after an ITV business reporter suggested a blue cross sale might be a way of raising funds ahead of debt deadlines. Announced earlier this week, the sale is set to take place in over 230 HMV stores across the UK and Ireland, starting from …
Read More »NPD December: Xbox 360, Black Ops 2 top another lackluster month
The NPD has provided its December 2012 report for US retail, as well as a general overview for 2012, and to no one’s surprise the numbers show the same old decline we’ve come accustomed to in the past year. The month saw total industry sales fall by 22 per cent …
Read More »Phil Harrison lifts lid on Lift London
New Microsoft UK studio to focus on cloud games; Headed up by longstanding Rare exec Lee Schuneman
Read More »Microsoft: ‘We’re moving away from being a maker of packaged goods’
The future of the games industry is in the cloud, Microsoft VP Phil Harrison said today. He made his statement as he lifted the lid on the firm’s new London Studio: Lift London. The new studio is entirely focused on the cloud and will not be making physical video games. …
Read More »GameStop: DLC is easier to sell than strategy guides or accessories
Digital revolution comes at the cost of retail devolution, right? Perhaps not. GameStop’s director of retail digital distribution Brad Schliesser has said that DLC is not only an easy sell at retail – retail is also possibly the best place to sell it. Downloadable content is easier for us to …
Read More »Don’t forget: MCV Award lobbying deadline is tomorrow
Lobbying closes tomorrow for the 2013 MCV Awards. You have until 5pm on Friday, January 11th to get your suggestions in. So that’s just over 24 hours to put forward names to be considered as finalists for hotly-contested prizes like Specialist Retailer, Game Publisher, New Game Brand, Marketing Team and …
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