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The nominations process for the most prestigious video games industry awards ceremony in the world, the MCV Industry Excellence Awards 08, is drawing to a close – so this week is your last chance to make your voice heard. To make sure your opinion counts, email us at mcvexcellence@intentmedia.co.uk before …
Read More »PES gets North American name change
IGN is reporting that Konami’s popular footballing series is to undergo a name change in North America – dropping the Winning Eleven formula and instead adopting the until-now European-only Pro Evolution Soccer mantle. The series will continue under the Winning Eleven brand in Japan, where PES2008 was known as Winning …
Read More »Woolworths predicts return to profit in 2008
Woolworths has forecast a return to profitibiliuty for its High Street stores in 2008 – after the High Street chain suffered a 3.2 per cent drop in like-for-like sales for the 49 weeks to January 12th. The firm blamed ‘fierce discounting’ across the electrical products sector for the dip – …
Read More »Screen Digest: The golden age for games is now
Screen Digest has told MCV that the games market will hit the mainstream consumer head on” in 2008, with year-end revenues poised to eclipse even last year’s record-breaking performance. And while Nintendo was the clear winner in the console war in 2007, 2008 is set to be far more closely …
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