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The organiser of E3 insists that the LA event is not all about console games. E3 has become synonymous with Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo down the years. This year, PC giant Valve has announced it will not be exhibiting at the show, while the PC-focused Sega will also have a …
Read More »GameSpot staff start new video production outlet
Ex-GameSpot video specialists Cam Robinson and Seb Ford have left the media giant to start a new video production company called DoubleJump. The presenters and producers want to work with any business looking to target gamers, and promise to create decent content that will resonate with that audience. Cam and …
Read More »Bandai Namco is No.1 publisher for the first time
Bandai Namco was the UK’s most successful games publisher last month for the first time in the firm’s history. GfK Chart-Track data showed that almost 25 per cent of all the boxed games sold last month were from the publisher. In terms of revenue, Bandai Namco accounted for a whopping …
Read More »Square Enix UK outsources retail business to Koch Media
Koch Media will handle the sales and distribution of Square Enix’s retail games in the UK, the firm has announced. The partnership follows a similar set-up between the two companies across Europe. Square Enix returns the favour for Deep Silver – Koch Media’s publishing arm – in the US. Square …
Read More »Konami: We are not at all focusing purely on mobile games
Konami will be doing more in the mobile games market, but it is not abandoning its console business. This comes from a fully translated version of the Nikkei interview with Konami president Hideki Hayakawa. A summary of the interview had already been translated earlier this month, and it seemed to …
Read More »For Creed and country – Ubisoft’s effort to restore Assassin’s Creed’s reputation with Syndicate
It’s not a populist thing to say, but I quite liked Assassin’s Creed Unity. The game’s 18th-century French setting was beautiful, and there were some truly epic set pieces that were a joy to play. Unfortunately for Ubisoft, not everyone agreed. The launch of Unity was plagued by technical issues …
Read More »Spotify rules out games as it goes beyond music
Music giant Spotify is launching video and podcasts on its service, but not video games. The streaming behemoth announced it would be adding podcasts, curated radio shows, plus news and entertainment video clips from the likes of BBC, Comedy Central, Maker Studios and ESPN at a press conference in New …
Read More »Opinion: Where next for the digital chart?
In March, we combined digital sales with physical to put together an alternative UK chart, and the reaction was incredible. Popular consumer site Kotaku decided it wouldn’t run chart stories until digital sales were included, and almost every publisher (including Take-Two’s CEO) expressed an interest in sharing their numbers. The …
Read More »Physical still dominant despite digital shift
The vast majority of console game sales still come from physical stores, new data reveals. MCV has combined UKIE/GfK Chart-Track data with new figures from SuperData in an effort to show the split between the digital and physical market. And it shows that around 80 per cent of game sales …
Read More ȣ24,000 Star Wars game available next month
The arcade game – Star Wars: Battle Pod – is being made for home use, and will cost the princely sum of 24,000. And that does not include the shipping and setting fee. Now, the premium edition of the Battle Pods will also be available from next month and are …
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