MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) has thrown its support behind MCV’s Digital Counts campaign. The trade body says it estimates that games’ digital market is bigger than both music and video, but is unable to say definitively due to the lack of tracked figures. In a letter sent to MCV, …
Read More »6m sales of Rocket League proves there’s an audience for new ideas, says developer Psyonix
Forget Batman and Metal Gear Solid V, Rocket League has come out of nowhere to become the biggest game of the summer. The PC and PSN digital game has been played by 6m people, developer Psyonix has announced. The car-football title was released as part of the PlayStation Plus Instant …
Read More »Sega, Curve and Ripstone back Digital Counts campaign
The first publishers have added their support to MCV’s call for more digital download data. The Digital Counts campaign launched three weeks ago, calling on publishers and digital retailers to share their figures in-order to create an accurate games chart. Currently, only games sold in boxes are included in the …
Read More »Games press joins call for digital charts
The biggest names in the games media have joined MCV’s call for digital data to be included in the games charts. The Digital Counts campaign launched last week with an open letter to games publishers and platform holders, calling on them to share their data so that an accurate games …
Read More »Gears of War Ultimate Edition debuts at No.1 as quiet summer release period ends
Microsoft’s Xbox One remaster of Xbox 360 title Gears of War shoots straight to No.1 this week in the All Formats Top 40. The Xbox One-exclusive is the highest charting title of a number of new releases. Sony’s PS4-exclusive survival horror title Until Dawn debuts in second play ahead of …
Read More »Digital data is essential, says UKIE
UK games industry trade body UKIE has joined the call for more sharing of digital and download sales figures. The firm has long tried to push forward the debate around digital data, and even attempted its own digital chart in partnership with members. UKIE tried to circumvent reluctance from Xbox, …
Read More »Open letter to the games industry – please share your data
Dear UK Games Industry, We have been lying to you, and we have had enough. Last week, the No.1 game in the UK charts was not the most popular game. The Chinese Room should have been celebrating its first No.1 with Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture. Just as this week, …
Read More »MCV Magazine to drop charts for first time in 17 years
Next week, we will not be running a charts section within MCV Magazine. The two pages we devote to charts aren’t good enough. The Steam charts are global, and Valve hasn’t responded to our requests for a UK-focused Top Ten. Microsoft kindly supply us with an Xbox Live chart, but …
Read More »Chart-Track: Industry is at risk of losing its best research and PR tool
GfK Chart-Track has warned the games industry that it might lose its best PR tool if it fails to share digital data. The firm, which operates the UK Top 40, says it is ready to support downloads in its chart, but that it’s up to the games industry to want …
Read More »Indies speak out as more games miss out in digital charts farce
Two major British indie releases would have entered the All-Formats charts this week if digital figures had been counted. Volume, the new game from Mike Bithell, would have at least made the Top Ten, according to MCV sources. It comes a week after Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture, the PS4 …
Read More »