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The next Angry Birds game will bombard retail next month, MCV can reveal. Angry Birds Space – the fourth title in the smash hit smartphone series – lifts off on March 22nd. And Focus Multimedia will release a boxed PC version less than a month later on April 20th. The …
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Grand Theft Auto for Vita leaked by retailer
Rockstar is preparing to announce a brand new Grand Theft Auto game for PlayStation Vita. Called GTA: Vice City Nights, it is likely the game will revisit the PS2 classic Vice City, though expect new characters, storylines and levels. News of the game was leaked by online retailer Play.com and …
Read More »Confirmed: Forza Horizon hits retail this year
Fans may still playing last year’s title, but Microsoft has announced a new Forza game will come this year. Entitled Forza Horizon, the game will be a ‘new take’ on the franchise and is developed by UK studio Playground Games. Little else is known about the title, although MCV can …
Read More »Dust 514 skips retail and goes free-to-play
Cover charge removed to 'avoid customer confusion'
Read More »EA-GAME drift is "temporary", retailer asserts
GAME has told its shareholders that it’s current trade stand-off with EA is temporary” and that both parties are in discussions to bring it to and end. "Today the Group confirmed that it will not be stocking a small number of titles from one supplier, Electronic Arts, during March and …
Read More »UK retail ‘undercuts digital Vita prices by 17%’
But PSN charges less in Japan and North America
Read More »Digital Vita games ‘17% more expensive’ than retail
The launch games for the PlayStation Vita cost an average of 17 per cent more to download over PSN than they do to buy on the High Street or online. That’s according to calculations from bargain hunting site SavyGamer, which has compared the recently released PSN price list with the …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Vita’s launch hits
Sony’s PlayStation Vita comes to market this Wednesday with a stellar launch line-up that should appeal to a wide range of fans. Here MCV presents guides to six of the games hitting retail this week: Lumines: Electronic Symphony Ridge Racer FIFA Football WipEout 2048 Uncharted: Golden Abyss Virtua Tennis: World …
Read More »MCV AWARDS 2012: Retail finalists
Some of the biggest names in UK retail are going head-to-head in the MCV Awards retail category this year. Nominees this year include GameStop, GAME, Steam, EA Origin, Tesco and Amazon, who get nods for things including breaking out and growing online brands, power-house digital distribution stores and mainstream sales …
Read More »UK retail slump for January
New year fails to match strong 2011 figures
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