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A new report from The Entertainment Merchants Association has revealed that sales of physical games on disc declined significantly in 2010. Gamasutra reports that in 2010 71 per cent of all video games sold in the US were on disc. In 2009 that figure stood at between 80 and 90 …
Read More »New Counter-Strike game rumoured
It may well not be the news that Half-Life 3: Episode 3 hopers have been waiting for, but if talk of Valve’s next potential game is true then gamers are in for a treat. Kotaku reports that word from folk in the testing community has suggested that a brand new …
Read More »Download MCV’s Gamescom 2011 guide
The debut Gamescom event in 2009 couldn’t have gone any better, with some 245,000 visitors and 458 exhibitors from 31 countries making it the largest games trade fair in the world. The third Gamescom event kicks off next week on Wednesday August 17th, 2011, and will run until Sunday August …
Read More »US games market tumbles to five year low
After showing some impressive resilience over the last few months, the US games market has been brought crashing back to earth. NPD reports that for the month of July the games market was down 26 per cent year-on-year with a value if just $797.7m. That’s the worst single month since …
Read More »3DS now on the High Street for £115
Today’s the day when Nintendo hopes that thousands of consumers who have until now been sitting on the fence over 3DS will finally buy the handheld. That’s because as of today the device has had a significant cut in trade price. But as is always the way with a big …
Read More »EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis 2 skips Kinect
Publisher EA has announced that it will be releasing EA Sports Grand Slam Tennis 2 on Xbox 360 and PS3 next year. It’s the only game to feature the licenses of all four tennis Grand Slams – Roland Garros, The US Open, the Australian Open and Wimbledon. It’s also the …
Read More »3DS price roundup, this time including GAME
Tomorrow is 3DS price cut day, and MCV has the complete run-down of all the deals that can be had on the High Street. So far the lowest price out there is Tesco‘s unbelievable 115 offer. It must be noted, though, that despite pictures of in-store POS carrying the price, …
Read More »GAMEfest offers Modern Warfare 3 first
Retailer GAME has announced that its GAMEfest event in September will offer visitors the first ever chance to play Modern Warfare 3. This is two months ahead of its official UK release on November 8th. We are delighted that GAMEfest attendees can be the first consumers in the UK to …
Read More »New PS3 features blocked from non-subscribers
Sony has for the first time blocked non PlayStation Plus users from accessing some features found in the latest PS3 firmware update. The update offers both automated Trophy syncing – currently Trophies have to be synced manually – and the ability to automatically have game saves transferred to the cloud. …
Read More »Losses narrow at Disney Interactive
The Disney Interactive Media Group has seen losses decrease year-on-year, though the division still remains the only one at Disney to be operating at a loss. It does so despite an impressive rise in revenue, climbing 27 per cent year-on-year to $251m for the quarter ending June 2nd. Operating losses …
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