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Ahead of its release in Europe tomorrow, EA has told MCV that Medal of Honor is on track to shatter all previous sales records for the cult FPS war series. The publisher is, in particular, anxious for gamers to get to grips with the multiplayer side of the game, which …
Read More »DeNA’s ngmoco acquisition the numbers
Japanese social games firm DeNA has published documents giving more details about its acquisition of US mobile startup ngmoco. One English document that has been published on DeNA’s IR site outlines the terms of the deal. The maximum acquisition consideration is $403 million, of which up to $100 million will …
Read More »EAs respect for excellent PES team
A by-product of FIFA’s growing commercial success has been a sustained and reasonably emphatic superiority over FIFA’s great rival franchise, PES – the one that used to be considered the connoisseurs’ choice. Speaking exclusively to MCV, EA Sports boss Peter Moore rejects the idea that there is now clear green …
Read More »FIFAs disc-less future
In an exclusive interview with MCV, EA Sports boos Peter Moore has outlined an ambitious plan to transform FIFA from a franchise that relies on annual disc-based releases to a persistent online game that evolves on a continuing basis. Football for most of us is pretty constant,” Moore stated. This …
Read More »Polyphony explains GT5 delay
Developer Polyphony Digital has apologised for the most recent delay to PS3 racing simulator Gran Turismo 5. Speaking via Twitter (as translated by Kotaku), the game’s lead developer Kzaunori Yamauchi stated: Apologies for the delay. It’s because time and labour were spent ironing the kinks out of complex system. I’m …
Read More »CHIPS is back: The action plan
CHIPS has struck back following the collapse of Chipsworld in July this year. In reality, the indie retail giant never went anywhere as CHIPS Franchise Ltd – the sister company which looks after 13 franchised stores – was still operational. But now joint MDs Don McCabe and Nik Agar have …
Read More »Taxman hunts down dodgy importers
UK retailers could be left out of pocket as Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs clamps down on corrupt distributors. Fraudulent suppliers have been buying consoles from abroad without paying VAT, then selling the machines on to UK retailers with the VAT added on top. These temporary traders then disappear, and …
Read More »Tesco wants 20% of games market by 2012
Supermarket behemoth Tesco wants to have a 20 per cent share of the UK games software market. The firm told MCV it can achieve this goal, and become the UK’s second largest games retailer in terms of sales, over the next two years. We have already doubled our share on …
Read More »Gran Turismo 5 delayed
Sony has shocked the industry by announcing that long-awaited racer Gran Turismo 5 will miss its proposed November 3rd release date in Europe. It has also been delayed in North America and Japan. The news is all the more surprising considering the lengthy delays already endured by the racer, which …
Read More »Old Republic ‘will be great failure
An anonymous blogger going under the name of EA Louse has lashed out at employers EA BioWare and predicted a tough time for future MMO release Star Wars: Old Republic in the process. The lengthy rant is primarily centred on Warhammer Online. I found out recently that I will be …
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