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Over 30 new titles hit shelves today to mark the last big week of the year in terms of new releases, including Zumba Fitness 2, WWE ’12, Angry Birds on PC and more. 505 brings Zumba Fitness 2 to market, the sequel to this year’s top-selling Wii game and surprise …
Read More »Software Sales Monitor: Market makes £60.9m
The UK games market fell by 50 per cent week-on-week. But that’s not bad news – it still generated 60.9m compared to last week’s record high of 120.8m. Almost 2m games were sold at retail, down 40.8 per cent compared to last week’s phenomenal 3,289,421 units. It was still a …
Read More »Bulletstorm dev working on Gears prequels?
A new Gears of War trilogy is rumoured to be in the works under development at Bulletstorm studio People Can Fly. The latest issue of OXM US, reported via CVG, suggests the Bulletstorm developer will be working on several prequels for Microsoft’s popular Xbox 360 shooter series. It’s worth noting …
Read More »King of Fighters XIII ad campaign revealed
Rising Star Games has outlined the marketing plans for King of Fighters XIII with a community-driven campaign. The Xbox 360 and PS3 fighting game has received a major Facebook and Twitter campaign, support at fighting tournaments across Europe and presence at this year’s MCM Expo, GamesCom, Paris Games Week and …
Read More »PC download store delay for Amazon?
Amazon has postponed the launch of its PC download platform to 2012. MCV believes the service, live in the US since early 2009, was up-and-running in October.But publishing sources say it will now go live in the UK early next year and miss the originally planned autumn roll-out. US sister …
Read More »ABBA game ‘perfect’ for Xmas
Mamma Mia! Here wego again. Ubisoft has revealed the marketing plan for yet another dancing game – one it says is the ‘perfect’ family title this Christmas. ABBA You Can Dance will be promoted by TV ads this month and next, with a video-on-demand campaign running on ITV Player. The …
Read More »GB Eye signs EA poster deal
GB Eye has signed the rights to produce official 2D and 3D posters, stickers, badges and temporary tattoos for EA games Mass Effect 3 and Dragon Age 3. "We’re very pleased to extend the range of gaming merchandise to include not only Dragon Age 3 but also Mass Effect 3,” …
Read More »New 360 dash coming December 6th
Xbox 360 owners can download a new-look dashboard update next month adding cloud storage and voice and gesture controls. The free download will go live on December 6th which will let users scroll through on-screen menus using the Kinect motion accessory. It will also include cloud storage for game saves …
Read More »MCV GameTime: Industry TV advertising monitor (wk ending October 30th)
We look at recent TV advertising activity for games and reveal which titles had the most exposure on TV in October. This is provided by specialist communication firm Generation Mediawhich focuses on the entertainment and leisure industries. Games and consoles advertising peaked for the year-to-date with 994 individual TVRs during …
Read More »City Interactive reveals Enemy Front
A new World War II shooter Enemy Front will hit shelves next year, publisher City Interactive has announced. It’s City’s first game from veteran games designer Stuart Black since he joined earlier this year after leaving Codemasters. The FPS will be developed for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC using Crytek’s …
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