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What’s out today? w/e November 11th, 2011

The Elder Scrolls returns to the High Street today with the critically acclaimed Skyrim. Bethesda’s latest open world RPG puts players in the role of Dragonborn, a hero destined to save the land from dragons. It has already garnered several impressive review scores. Meanwhile, online kids megafranchise Moshi Monsters makes …

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GameStop: Digital sales will hit $35bn by 2014

Global retail giant GameStop predicts the digital games market will hit $35bn by 2014. The firm says the current value is around $20bn, so will grow by 75 per cent over the next two years. It also expects points card sales to double by 2014, rising by 110 per cent. …

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LIVEBLOG – London Games Conference 2011

The London Games Conference returns today, and MCV will have the most comprehensive coverage in the internet. LGC takes place at One Wimpole Street. The event kicks off at 4pm for four hours of incisive keynotes and talks about the digital issues the games industry faces, with perspectives from retailers, …

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Uncharted 3 sells 3.8m units on day one

Sony has announced that Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception sold 3.8m copies worldwide on its first day of release. The game hit UK retail on November 2nd and entered the charts at No.2 in its first week. This puts the title on track to be the biggest release in the series …

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GAME Group aims to treble online revenues

The leading specialist games retailer has signed search and social marketing firm Greenlight to help grow its online offering. Greenlight will handle GAME’s search engine optimisation and work alongside the Group’s in-house marketing team providing expertise both on-site and remotely. "We have ambitious plans to treble online revenues in the …

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OPINION: A United Kingdom

An ‘Annual General Meeting’ doesn’t sound like the most exciting event on the industry calendar. But I tell you, as a fly on the wall observer, UKIE’s AGM last week was excellent. Ensconced in a private cinema at Warner Bros’ London HQ, UKIE’s presentation displayed genuine progression, new strategies, and …

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Modern Warfare ready to rewrite history. Again

Petrol stations, green grocers and non-specialists joined the likes of GAME and Gamestation in celebrating the launch of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 this week. The release on Tuesday saw 2,500 different UK shops opening at midnight to sell the latest blockbuster Call of Duty game – all of …

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OnLive claims UK audience of ‘millions’

THE UK launch of games streaming service OnLive reached ‘millions’ of users, says CEO Steve Perlman. That’s part of an overall global figure in the ‘tens of millions’, he told MCV – but still drew the line at giving any exact figures. OnLive went live on September 22nd and allows …

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