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European sales of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood have led the brand past the 20m milestone – and proved wrong those doubters at retail, says Ubisoft. Speaking last week as MCVuk.com revealed the game hit 1m copies sold across Europe, EMEA sales and marketing chief Geoffroy Sardin said the success silenced those …
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Dates set for Festival Of Games 2011
The Netherlandsâ?? based event to focus on â??Games Anywhereâ??
Read More »Kane & Lynch will return
Expect to see more of Square Enix’s violent criminal duo Kane & Lynch. In an interview with Eurogamer, Eidos life president Ian Livingstone stated: We haven’t made any announcements about Kane & Lynch going forward, but we all know that Kane and Lynch are two amazing characters who have a …
Read More »Xbox Quiz warms up Xmas
If you believe everything in the media, Britain has been brought to a standstill by snow. But believe this report: the show hasn’t chilled us – and tonight’s Xbox/MCV Pub Quiz is still going ahead. The event takes place at Sway Bar, Holborn and the bar opens at 6pm ahead …
Read More »Online to take 25% of Christmas spending
The biggest retailers on the web are expected to take a quarter of all Christmas spending this year. Figures from retail research firm Kantar Worldpnael show that 25% of Christmas presents in 2010 will be purchased from outlets such as Amazon, eBay and Play.com. Interestingly, it is older generations who …
Read More »New faces at GAME Australia
The current head of buying at GAME in the UK, Kathryn Jarvis, is to join the retailer’s Sydney office after taking up the position of commercial manager at its Australian office. Jarvis, a games industry veteran of 12 years, will assume responsibility for all supplier-facing activities and will report to …
Read More »Kotick: Social/mobile markets â??hard to integrateâ??
Boxed games empire boss canâ??t envisage revenue opportunities
Read More »OPINION: The 2011 VAT rise
I don’t think anyone in the industry is kidding themselves as to the challenges retailers have faced in 2010. Every interview I’ve conducted of late starts with a dour acknowledgement of the pressures in the market. So I’m sure everyone appreciates the fears mounting at every level over January’s VAT …
Read More »VAT deal has to cut both ways
So I’m sure everyone appreciates the fears mounting at every level over January’s VAT hike. Unfortunately, retailers can’t have their cake and eat it.As one of those very interview subjects (anonymously, mind) says on the cover – they can’t be crying foul over supposed silence around the VAT rise, when …
Read More »Games prices frozen despite VAT hike
Publishers must lower the cost of games, retailers have warned – or they will cut back buying new stock when VAT rises in 2011. Buyers and store bosses are fearful that they’ll have to swallow next year’s 2.5 per cent tax rise in order to remain competitive – and want …
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