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Pokemon X and Y would have been the real UK No.1, if sales of the games were combined. UK stat tracker Chart-Track lists both games separately, with Pokemon Y at No.3 and Pokemon X at No.4, behind FIFA 14 in second place and GTA V at No.1. But if both …
Read More »Titanfall ‘will be a big, big system seller for Xbox One’
Microsoft VP Phil Harrison has tipped Titanfall to be Xbox One’s killer app. He told MCV that Xbox One is beating its rivals when it comes to games, calling out the reception Titanfall received at E3. The EA-published game is exclusive to Xbox One and 360 (there is also a …
Read More »GameSpot UK boss Geoff Inns joins IGN parent
Geoff Inns has left GameSpot parent CBS Interactive for IGN owners Ziff Davis. Inns joins the firm today as VP and MD for Ziff Davis International. He was previously VP and UK MD of CBS Interactive, the parent company of IGN rival GameSpot. He has also held roles at other …
Read More »Read our exclusive interview with Phil Harrison in this week’s MCV
In the the latest edition of MCV, Microsoft’s Phil Harrison discusses the future of video games retail. It is yet another issue rammed with news and features, 128m will be spent on marketing by games publishers this Christmas, we speak to the lead designer of Assassin’s Creed IV and we …
Read More »Xbox’s Elan Lee on why gamers are lucky to be alive right now
A new form of story-telling is about to be invented, and Xbox is at the heart of it. That’s according to Elan Lee, the award-winning chief design officer at Xbox Entertainment Studios. Lee is best known for his work on Alternate Reality Games, most famously the I Love Bees project …
Read More »UK retail flagrantly disregards Pokemon X and Y release date
We all know some cheeky indies like to put games out a few days early. And that Doris in Tesco might mistakenly sell you a copy of GTA V before launch. But how about thousands of UK stores selling a game a day before it’s released? Well that is what …
Read More »Wii U UK sales spike 685% on Zelda launch
Wii U UK sales rose by more than 685 per cent last week, Nintendo has told MCV. The sudden improvement in sales follows the debut of The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD, which debuted at No.4 in the Chart-Track All-Formats Charts lastweek. Wii U has suffered a poor nine …
Read More »UK games industry spending £128m on Christmas advertising
There may be fewer games on shelves from fewer publishers, but the UK boxed games industry will spend 128m on advertising this Q4 – 30m more than last year. The majority of that – 68m – will be spent promoting PS4 and Xbox One hardware and software, despite the fact …
Read More »Xbox One’s fight for independents
PlayStation has aggressively courted and attracted huge independent developer support in recent months, and even dedicated an entire Gamescom press conference to showcasing indie-made games. But now Xbox is fighting back with its ID@Xbox initiative. MCV learns more from the programme’s director Chris Charla… Why launch this independent developer programme? …
Read More »Vote in the Golden Joysticks, get a free game
Online retailer Green Man Gaming is giving away a free game to everyone who votes in the Golden Joystick Awards. Voters just need to choose between downloadable PC games Sid Meier Civilization V and Mafia II (while stocks last, but we’ve been advised there is plenty of stock.. The move …
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