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1,598 download MCV app in first two weeks
Just two weeks after its official launch the MCV Online iPhone app has been downloaded 1,598 times. The free app has proved an instant hit with the trade who want to access our news. And the impressive numbers come off the back of MCV’s overall brandstrength. Did you know that …
Read More »GT5 to be PS3s best 2010 seller
With a concrete release date now nailed down, retailer ShopTo.net has predicted that Gran Turismo 5 will be the biggest selling PS3 game of 2010. The game is currently the pre-ordered on the site, which is selling it for 34.85. This year’s first party release slate for the console included …
Read More »APB: Free at last
Develop talks to the firm that will bring RTWâ??s failed MMO out from the darkness and into free-to-play
Read More »Nova Scotia: The studios
Develop looks at five companies at the heart of the development cluster in Nova Scotia
Read More »Over 1m Kinects sold in 10 days
Microsoft claims it has sold over 1m Kinect cameras in the 10 days since the device first launched. According to Xbox chief Don Mattrick, the firm is still on track to sell 5m units by the end of the year. Kinect launced in North America two weeks ago, and a …
Read More »Asda: Publishers understand need for pre-owned
Andrew Thompson, the head of games at supermarket Asda, has told MCV that increasing competition in the games sector forced it to adopt a pre-owned games strategy. Tesco, Argos and Best Buy all let customers trade in against anything in store. And he adds that publisher’s do understand the retailer’s …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Asda Pre-Owned
Retail’s defence of pre-owned is a simple one.Consumers trade in their games so they can buy new ones. It helps inflate sales of newly released titles, and the specialist retailers all have stats to back up this claim, too. But unfortunately that argument has broken down now the likes of …
Read More »PSJailbreak returns
It was thought that Sony had won the battle, but the team behind the PSJailbreak hack has released a new version of the device that works with Sony’s latest firmware for PS3. Last month it was reported that the measures implemented by Sony in the latest update for the console …
Read More »Amazon brings Black Friday to UK
The UK arm of retailer Amazon has announced that it will be bringing one of America’s biggest shopping holidays to Amazon.co.uk. Black Friday is the name given to the day after Thanksgiving, as is traditionally seen as the beginning of the Christmas spending period in the US. This year it …
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