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What’s most interesting to me is that for the second time in as many weeks its the reaction of my peers in the games industry on Twitter that has moved me to put finger to keyboard. Most folk (and evidently MCV readers, if the comments are anything to go by) …
Read More »UK chief optimistic over Blockbuster sale
Blockbuster UK boss Martin Higgins hopes the sale of the firm will end the media circus surrounding the retail giant’s future. The US parent company – which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September last year – has accepted a bid of $290m from Cobalt Video Holdco. The retailer and …
Read More »Web stat unity ‘will not be easy’
The UK games media says it must stop confusing advertisers and agree on an industry standard for measuring web traffic. But there is much to be done before this complicated situation can be resolved. Currently the games media uses multiple web traffic monitors – such as ABCe, Google Analytics and …
Read More »VIDEO: Elder Scrolls V Skyrim
A brand new trailer for Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has gone live this afternoon, and you can see it below, It’s the first time gamers have got a chance to see some in-game footage from the title, which is due out worldwide on November 11th on Xbox 360, …
Read More »Digital central to Namco’s restructure
The need to adapt to the increasingly digital games market was the driving force behind Namco Bandai’s decision to combine its Games and Network divisions, US VP of marketing Carlson Choi has told MCV. "Previously, there were different brands that one of these departments had access to that the other …
Read More »Doctor Who gets F2P MMO
After enjoying great success with its free to download Doctor Who: The Adventure Games series last year, the BBC has lifted the lid on its next project – a free-to-play Doctor Who MMO. Called Doctor Who: Worlds in Time, BBC Worldwide says the game "allows players to enter the TARDIS …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Carlson Choi
Why have you combined your Networks and Games divisions?Previously, there were different brands that one of these departments had access to that the other one didn’t. Putting these two departments together means the likes of Tekken, Ace Combat, Inversion and so on can now be accessed by all the development …
Read More »Police raid PS3 hacker’s home
The war against PS3 piracy has reached a new intensity with news that the home of a German hacker has been raided by police. Sony has confirmed to Kotaku that the raid on the property of hacker "graf_chokolo" did take place. it’s understood that police seized PCs and PS3s. A …
Read More »Will the Dead Island game be like the trailer?
It was a question that was asked over and over again after MCV published an opinion piece voicing concern over the content of the Dead Island trailer – will the emotion so successfully depicted be a core component of the actual gameplay? Emotion can still be a tricky subject for …
Read More »Dead Island video creators defend vision
The co-founder of Glasgow based animation studio Axis has spoken out on his company’s decision to depict the death of a young girl in the hugely popular trailer for Deep Silver game Dead Island. The animated short has had a tremendous reception from the media, though some outlets (such as …
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