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Cloud gaming will prove a positive development for consumers, publishers and developers, THQ CEO Brian Farrell has told an audience at the Cloud Gaming USA conference in San Jose. "The box, ship and done model is transitioning to: observe, measure, and modify," he said, as reported by GamesIndustry. "Games [are …
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UK Software Sales Monitor: Market makes £13.7m
The UK games market slipped slightly this week, down six per cent in value to 13.7m and five per cent in units to 619,538. It may only be a slight dip, but retail would have been hoping for better – particularly with the release of Driver: San Francisco (debuting at …
Read More »GAME rolls out digital Xbox games nationwide
As of today every GAME and Gamestation store in the UK has a range of Xbox Live digital titles on their shelves. In February this year the range was trailed in 44 stores, with customers receiving a code to download the content either on a paper receipt, email or SMS …
Read More »MCV Jobs Weekly: Grimes returns to Xbox, Thompson promoted, Sony hires Gara
In MCV’s latest rundown of the industry’s hottest vacancies and biggest personnel news, there have been several changes made to the upper echelons of platform holders Sony and Microsoft. EXECUTIVE SHUFFLE FOR XBOX AND PLAYSTATION Jonathan Grimes (far left) has rejoined the team at Xbox UK as retail sales and …
Read More »Experts says digital will pass discs in two years
Sales of online games are expected to pass physical retail from 2013, an analyst at DFC Intelligence has claimed. The report predicts that online sales will increase from $19.3 billion in 2010 to $37.9 billion by 2016, driving the overall industry value to $81 billion.It also states that traditional retail …
Read More »Digital to surpass discs by 2013, analyst says
Industry predicted to be worth $81 billion by 2016; Physical 'has peaked'
Read More »Amazon delivery lockers coming to UK
Etail giant Amazon has plans to install a network of item collection ‘lockers’ in shopping centers in the UK. The move is set to echo a similar trial of delivery lockers across the chain of 7-Eleven stores in the US. The UK lockers which allow customers to pick up items …
Read More »Sonic Generations Collector’s Edition confirmed
Sega has announced a limited edition Sonic Generations game will come packed with a plethora of Sonic goodies when it arrives later this year. The Collector’s Edition for Xbox 360 and PS3 will include retro Sonic and modern-day Sonic figures, an art book celebrating 20 years of Sonic, lenticular packaging …
Read More »Battlefield 3 tops 1.25m pre-orders
Around 1.25m consumers have put down pre-orders for EA’s upcoming FPS Battlefield 3, says CFO Eric Brown. He announced the milestone at the Citi 2011 Tech Conference yesterday, reports Gamasutra. "To date we have about 1.25m pre-orders on Battlefield 3, so it’s still well ahead of its predecessor title, Battlefield: …
Read More »Changes at the top for Microsoft UK
Microsoft has made two significant changes to its Xbox UK senior management team. Neil Thompson – former regional Xbox director for Northern Europe – has been promoted to lead Microsoft’s new Consumer Channels Group (CCG). The group unites all of Microsoft’s physical consumer products, which includes Windows PCs, Windows Phones …
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