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It was the week Take That reformed. The week a new Harry Potter movie premiered.But the real winner in the entertainment war? It was a video game. Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops led a software market boom last week. Day one sales stood at 1.4m units, generating 58m in …
Read More »Call of Dutys chance to redefine success
Next week’s Call of Duty: Black Ops could set a new benchmark for entertainment launches if it goes one better than last year’s Modern Warfare 2 and once again shatters global entertainment records. In just a few days we’ll be launching the game that I currently can’t stop playing, that …
Read More »Alworths eyes 150 stores
Gaming has become a major part of Alworths’ plans, as the firm eyes 150 new stores over the next three years. Alworths was founded last year and at the time the retailer had no intentions of going big on entertainment. But that changed during the 2010, with music, DVD and …
Read More »MS: Kinect will break records
It has already claimed that Kinect will enjoy a stronger launch than Xbox 360 and that it will blow away” the iPad. Now Microsoft has claimed that Kinect is going to be the biggest ever hardware sales launch ever. We are investing in this like we’ve never invested in a …
Read More »Is 3D already in trouble?
There are significant doubts about whether the success 3D has seen at cinemas can translate to the home. For one, consumers have only just upgraded to HD, and it’s going to take something big to encourage adoption of another large, flatscreen TV – especially as 3D TVs currently cost over 1,000. …
Read More »Games hit hardest in entertainment slump
Video games face the prospect of slipping back to third place in the UK entertainment race following a report showing that the sector has suffered bigger declines than either video or music in the first half of 2010. The ERA says that the first six months of the year have …
Read More »Sainsburys invests big in entertainment
Games will receive more floor space at Sainsbury’s over the next year after significantly driving both sales and footfall in 2009. The supermarket enjoyed its fifth consecutive year of like-for-like growth in the entertainment sector, as well as a 17.5 per cent rise in profit. Non-food MD Luke Jensen announced …
Read More »US: ESA to fight violent games bill
The Entertainment Software Association has vowed to fight Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed legislation that would illegalise the sale of violent games to minors in the US. Though it might seem strange to UK readers, it is currently not illegal to sell mature games to kids in the US. Previous attempts to …
Read More »Livingstone honoured at British Inspiration Awards
Long-term servant of the games industry and current life president of Eidos Ian Livingstone was awarded a British Inspiration Award for his work in the interactive entertainment sector at this afternoon’s inaugural event. The Awards were set up to honour the top creative minds in Britain across a range of …
Read More »Respawn Entertainment reading between the lines
It’s already one of the bloodiest sagas in the history of modern games development, but the feud between sacked Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella has been taken to a whole new dimension with the news that the pair have opened a new studio and aligned themselves with …
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