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Every member of Future UK has been put on a 45-day consultation period and games website Computerandvideogames.com faces closure, sources close to Future’s management have told MCV. Mass changes will happen across the board, with big alterations also being made to Total Film as well as other future games website. …
Read More »Nintendo turns back to toys to fix its broken business
There seems to have been two main reactions to Nintendo’s recent annual loss of $456m. The most prominent is that these huge losses suggest Nintendo’s time is up. ‘Nintendo is over,’ was what one prominent business journalist said on Twitter. It’s not true. For all its financial miscalculations, Nintendo’s main …
Read More »UK pre-owned games market made more than £79m in 2013
Pre-owned game sales grew faster than new titles over Christmas, says data specialist Kantar Worldpanel. Sales of second-hand games were up 4.9 per cent over Q4, while the mint games market rose by just 1.2 per cent year-on-year. In total, more than 79m was generated from pre-owned game sales for …
Read More »Second month at the top for EA’s Titanfall
Titanfall is the UK No.1 for the second month in a row. Data from GfK Chart-Track reveals that the EA shooter was bolstered by the launch of an Xbox 360 SKU, which accounted for the majority of Titanfall’s sales during April. The game was part of a bumper month for …
Read More »New Rockstar game to launch before March 2015
Take-Two has announced it will release a new game from Rockstar this financial year for Xbox One and PS4 That means a new Rockstar title will be out before March 2015. Little else was announced by the firm, and when pressed on if Rockstar will be at E3, the company …
Read More »Take-Two reports record financial results as GTA V hits 33m shipments
Publisher Take-Two has reported massive financial results after Grand Theft Auto V sells in 33 million units in just nine months. For the financial year, Take-Two’s revenue grew 97 per cent to $2.414 billion (non-GAAP) or in terms of GAAP, it grew 94 per cent to $2.351 billion, the highest …
Read More »ESL teams up with MCM Expo for UK tournaments
MCM has teamed up with the Electronic Sports League to launch what it hopes will be one of the biggest eSports events. At this month’s MCM Expo, ESL will run League of Legends invitational and open tournaments in an area at the event, which takes place at London Excel. The …
Read More »Team17 opens publishing office in Nottingham
Worms developer Team17 has opened a publishing office in Nottingham. The firm expanded into third-party publishing last year, and already has a large 2014 release slate, including Light, The Escapists, Hay Ewe, Schrdinger’s Cat And The Raiders Of The Lost Quark, Overruled! and Penarium across multiple platforms. It specialises in …
Read More »Boris investigation could bring back London Games Festival
The London Games Festival could return this year with the help from Boris Johnson. The London Mayor’s Office has splashed 50,000 on a research project to establish the state of games in the city and how potential investment from Boris’ team might stimulate growth. The Mayor’s office claims that London …
Read More »3DS sales spike on Mario Golf launch in Japan
3DS sales leapt up last week in Japan on the back of Mario Golf: World Tour. In total 42,500 3DS consoles were sold for the week ending May 4th, well ahead of PS Vita and Vita TV, which has combined sales of 25,500. All data courtesy of Famitsu. It’s another …
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