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EA’s smash hit FIFA 16 dominated the digital market just as much as the physical one, new figures from SuperData reveal. The console versions of the game were downloaded almost 85,000 times by the end of September, generating more than 4.5m. That revenue included microtransactions made via the game’s Ultimate …
Read More »Atari’s atonement, Ubisoft’s Fun House and a UK digital download chart headlines new MCV
This week’s bumper edition of MCV is out right now and is filled wil major interviews and insight. You can read the full magazine online for free, and it includes a UK Digital Download Console Chart and an interview with a rependent Atari CEO. We also lift the lid on …
Read More »GAME On: CEO Martyn Gibbs talks Black Friday, digital, physical retail and eSports
It’s been a busy 12 months for GAME, following the High Street retailer’s acquisition of eSports specialist Multiplay, hectic Black Friday last year and return to the PC space. MCV asksCEO Martyn Gibbs (pictured, left) and CFO Mark Gifford (pictured, right) about the firm’s GAME plan for the next 12 …
Read More »11 things we learned from PlayStation’s Paris Press Conference
Sony’s long-overdue European press conference took place last night in Paris, and as usual we were greeted with some quirkly games, and some major triple-A reveals, too. Here are the top 11 things from the show: 1. Quantic Dream is back with Detroit (and the return of Kara) One of …
Read More »‘Stop grey imports and retail street date breaks or risk chaos,’ says ERA
The Entertainment Retailers Association is reaching out to UKIE and calling on games publishers to help stop grey importing and street date breaks. In a letter to MCV, ERA boss Kim Bayley said: There have always been some less than scrupulous retailers who try to steal a march on the …
Read More »GAME: VR needs us to succeed
If virtual reality is going to change the world of video games, then it will need the High Street. That’s according to UK retailer GAME, which is wary but hopeful about the new technology from PlayStation, Oculus, HTC and Samsung. CEO Martyn Gibbs tells MCV that in order for VR …
Read More »Government introduces £4m development fund for small UK studios
The UK Government is spending 4m in a bid to find ‘the next Tomb Raider’. The new development fund launches today and is set-up to help get games from ‘the drawing board and into the production’. The Video Game Prototype Fund is set to run between now and 2019, and …
Read More »Rare in the community
Put the Rare Replay compilation disc into the Xbox One and you’ll be greeted by a song and dance routine. Classic Rare characters – from Banjo Kazooie to the Great Mighty Poo – have been recreated in 2D puppet form, and they all start singing a self-referential ditty. It’s daft, …
Read More »UK boxed games market suffers September sales slump
FIFA, Metal Gear Solid and Destiny were not enough to halt a decline in UK games retail. 2.67m boxed games were sold last month in the UK, a drop of 6.5 per cent over the same period a year before, according to GfK Chart-Track. The biggest-selling game was FIFA 16 …
Read More »The UK and London are in need of a large-scale video games event that can grow, says MCM
A new UK games event wants to be ‘the gateway to Europe’ for the global games market. GamerMania is being organised by the team behind MCM Expo, and is set to take place at London Excel between July 29th and 31st 2016. The new consumer show does not view itself …
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