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In the first of our regular roundups, we look at the week’s big news in Australia and New Zealand courtesy of sister-site MCV Pacific. Somewhat inspiring speech from a conference we were the media sponsor for:http://www.mcvpacific.com/news/read/speech-paul-callaghan-asks-us-to-turn-off-our-screens-at-gcap-2011/087662 Part 2 of an interview with the Head of Retail Sales and Marketing for …
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OPINION: Vita brings New Life in the New Year
This has been a tough year for traditional games handhelds. 3DS has taken its time to find its feet, with Super Mario 3D Land last week the first game to make it a must-have. Six months after release. The new kiddie-priced PSP effectively snuck out to market as that platform …
Read More »PS3 cut to £157.99 – Sainsbury’s takes an axe to games hardware prices
Retail giant Sainsbury’s has been the first supermarket to go aggressive on pricing this year. But it’s not new software the grocer is discounting – the firm has instead slashed up to 25 per cent off new games hardware That means the 160GB PS3 is down to 157.99, 3DS is …
Read More »Grimes wants ‘an Xbox in every home’
Xbox UK’s new retail sales and marketing boss says the 360 has a lot more mileage left in it. In fact Jonathan Grimes tells MCV in an interview this week he won’t be happy until every household has an Xbox. There’s definitely a lot more to achieve,” he offered as …
Read More »GAME comes out fighting
GAME Group has hit back at its detractors after issuing a profit warning last week. The retail specialist revealed that its like-for-like revenues will be lower than forecast, but said the dip is caused by a flagging games market and low consumer confidence.That didn’t stop national papers suggesting the Group …
Read More »FEATURE: ‘A digital chart is vital’
MCV quizzes UKIE board member and Sega UK MD John Clark on the importance of including digital sales into the weekly charts… You spoke at the London Games Conference this month about the evolution of packaged and digital content. Before LGC we surveyed 1,000 industry experts and three quarters said …
Read More »EB Games to scrap distinction between new and used games
Canadian retailer EB Games has reportedly done away with the distinction between new and pre-owned games. Kotaku claims to have word that store workers have been told that used games sections will be eliminated”, that used game relay materials can be discarded” and that used games will be shelved with …
Read More »‘A new Future business is taking shape’ – new CEO Wood
Future’s new CEO Mark Wood predicts the company will be quite different once it is ‘transition to a digital business model’ is complete. In his statement published with today’s full-year results – ‘disappointing’ numbers that show the US business dragging down UK performance – he said that Future sees opportunity …
Read More »FEATURE: Call of Duty’s Modern Art
Whichever way you look at it – the UK/US Day One of 6.5m, or $400m in 24 hours, or 75 copies sold a second – Modern Warfare 3 is a juggernaut. As a Call of Duty game, it was always going to be, of course; there’s probably a graph on …
Read More »GB Eye signs EA poster deal
GB Eye has signed the rights to produce official 2D and 3D posters, stickers, badges and temporary tattoos for EA games Mass Effect 3 and Dragon Age 3. "We’re very pleased to extend the range of gaming merchandise to include not only Dragon Age 3 but also Mass Effect 3,” …
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