MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Retailers nationwide could come under fire from consumer groups for only selling the Wii console in high-priced bundles, with online forums already buzzing with complaints about the High Street. Research carried out by MCV suggests that certain retailers that have Wii stock are only selling the sought-after console as part …
Read More »Sony in £4m TV blitz
Sony UK is set to spend a whopping 4 million on its first Christmas TV campaign for PlayStation 3. The company is spending in the region of 3 million on TV campaigns for its flagship first-party releases: Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Ratchet And Clank: Tools Of Destruction and SingStar – earmarking …
Read More »DVD Gaming
If there’s one thing retailers don’t need to be reminded about, it’s that Christmas is coming – that whirlwind few weeks where more business is done than the previous months put together. It’s also the time to diversify – and one of the most lucrative areas in which a games …
Read More »The Club dated in Europe
Publisher Sega has at last put a firm date on the European arrival of highly anticipated multiplayer third person shooter The Club, with the confirmation that the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC versions will all be released on February 8th. Developed by Project Gotham and Geometry Wars studio Bizarre Creations, …
Read More »Video Marketplace launch imminent?
Games blog Joystiq is reporting that one eagle-eyed reader has spotted a message on the back of a recently purchased Microsoft Points Card that refers to the European version of Microsoft’s Xbox Live Video Marketplace – and claiming that the service will be exclusive to the UK, Ireland, France and …
Read More »Nintendos dev focus remains in the East
Despite Nintendo’s current video games dominance across the globe, NoA senior vice president George Harrison has said that the platform holder has no plans to increase its current Western-developed output. Speaking to Wired, Harrison stated: "I’m not aware of any plans to push for more software development here in the …
Read More »Burning Rangers to make a return?
With the release of Sega’s Nights Journey into Dreams on Wii pencilled in for early next year, rumours abound that another classic Saturn franchise could be making its way to next-gen consoles in the near future. Speaking to Future games site Games Radar, Sonic Team USA boss Takashi Iizuka said …
Read More »Dragon Quest leads Japanese software storm
Though it arrived in Europe for the first time just last year, the Dragon Quest series remains one of the hottest properties in the Japanese games market – and the latest instalment, Dragon Quest IV on DS, has kept up the tradition with sales of 597,000 in its first week. …
Read More »No Killzone beta this year
It had previously been suggested that a multiplayer beta for Sony’s next-gen FPS Killzone could make its way to the PlayStation Network before the end of the year, but SCEA has now stated that shooting fans will have to wait to next year to get their hands on the preview. …
Read More »Study links games to violence
A recent study by Professor Rowell Huesmann of the University of Michigan has claimed that viewers of violent TV and video games are more susceptible to increased aggression, according to Science Daily . "Exposure to violent electronic media has a larger effect than all but one other well-known threat to …
Read More »