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Gamers could face an unwelcome price hike at some stage this year as the price of procuring polycarbonate – a key material in the disc manufacturing process – continues to rise. DigiTimes reports that wholesale prices remained static throughout 2009 despite the increasing manufacturing costs, However, should the price of …
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UK CHARTS: Mass Effect 2 shoots to No.1
Mass Effect 2 is this week’s UK No.1 According to GfK Chart-Track data for the week ending January 30th, the PC/360 title was the best-selling game, knocking two-week champion Just Dance from the top. Mass Effect 2 had, according to EA, debuted with 2m units sold – the game has …
Read More »Mass Effect 2 sales top 2m
Publisher EA has confirmed that, according to internal estimates, Mass Effect 2 has already sold over 2m copies worldwide. It was released in the US on Tuesday and hit UK retail today. The game currently boasts a Metacritic average of 96 per cent, making it the second highest rated Xbox …
Read More »Tradewest and Black Bean forge partnership
Games from Italian publisher Black Bean will be released in the UK via up-and-coming firm Tradewest, MCV can reveal. The new publisher label, founded by Martin Spiess following the collapse of Midway’s European operation, has been chosen to distribute Black Bean’s games in the UK and France. All of the …
Read More »Let the lobbying commence
New awards include Peripherals & Accessories Brand and Game Creative – for a single ad execution across any media, such as TV, radio, outdoor, cinema, print etc. Today on the site we detail all categories and criteria. MCV runs a transparent system, where we choose the Finalists and the industry …
Read More »MCV Awards 2010 – the lobbying begins
The MCV Industry Excellence Awards return on Thursday April 22nd, and this year the categories have been tweaked slightly. Lobbying has now opened and you have less than a month to try for a position on the shortlist. CLICK HERE to see the complete list of categories and full details …
Read More »Dance smash sponsors MCV Awards
Win or lose, at least guests at this year’s MCV Awards will be able to shake their booty into the small hours thanks to current chart-topper Just Dance. The Wii game from Ubisoft has provided the biggest surprise of 2010 so far by out-selling everything during mid-January, remaining at number …
Read More »GTA: Episodes coming to PS3 and PC
Rockstar has announced that the previously Xbox-exclusive Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City will be released on PlayStation 3 and PC. The game features two adventures set in the GTA IV world – The Lost and Damned and Ballad of Gay Tony. Both adventures will be available to download …
Read More »January High Street sales decline
New statistics from the CBI’s Distributive Trades Survey show that sales on the High Street in early January declined eight per cent year-on-year, ending hopes that retailers were on track to enjoy three straight monthly increases. The vicious cold snap in the early part of the month was mainly to …
Read More »MCV and Develop tie with Gamescom
Europe’s biggest game industry event has formed an official partnership with pivotal trade publications MCV and Develop. Gamescom will now have both powerful industry publications as its media partners, bolstering the event’s international ambitions. "This agreement with MCV and Develop underlines the wide appeal of Gamescom to the international business …
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