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MCV is delighted to be the first to congratulate Andy Payne on tonight being awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List. Payne is known to almost everybody in the UK industry and is one of the most widely liked and respected executives in gaming. As well as his …
Read More »2011 REVIEW: Let’s raise a glass to games
There’s no end to the list of adversities the games industry had to fend off in the last 12 months to ensure a prosperous 2011. The global economic meltdown has provided a horrific backdrop for the country, and none have been affected worse than retail. And as a response retail …
Read More »Best Games of 2011 – Industry Picks
We all know which games you liked the most this year – we only have to look at the charts to figure that out. But what about the people that make up the games industry? MCV asks a number of recognisable games from publishing and journalism what their top picks …
Read More »UK retail sells 3m games last week
UK games retailers took a whopping 73.9m last week from game sales alone. In total 2,978,493 titles were sold last week. It’s up over the week before, although slightly down on the comparable week in 2010. But this year there’s still a full sales week to come, including a Saturday …
Read More »ANALYSIS: What’s next for HMV?
HMV’s financial update this morning did not make for pleasant reading. And the business media – unsurprisingly – has been sticking the knife in. To them – and indeed many analysts and experts – HMV is on the way out. The retailer is just a few short months away from …
Read More »Channel 4 hires games commissioning editor
Channel 4 has appointed former Realtime Worlds studio manager Colin Macdonald as its first ever games commissioning editor. He will work on commissioning games related to the station’s TV shows as well as projects that have potential to cross over to the small screen. Macdonaldwill also act as Channel 4’s …
Read More »Games TV ad lengths: 2010 vs 2011
Generation Media takes a look at why more games TV advertisements are longer than ever, with a year-on-year comparison. The chart below demonstrates how advertisers of games and consoles have changed the length of their communications from 2010 into 2011.The most obvious change has been in the use of longer …
Read More »Software Sales Monitor: UK market rises to £68.3m
Retail discounting Skyrim helped the UK games retail market generate a whopping 68.3m last week – a ten per cent rise over the week prior’s 62.2m. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim also toppled Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 as the top-selling game of the week ending December 10th, thanks …
Read More »Nintendo names free GBA games for 3DS
The ten free Game Boy Advance games to be handed out to 3DS Ambassadors have finally been confirmed by Nintendo, and will be made available this Friday (December 16th). The full list is as follows:* The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap* Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3* Mario Kart: Super …
Read More »UK CHARTS: November 2011
At last, UK games retail has reason to cheer following a strong month of sales. But November wasn’t all about Call of Duty:?Modern Warfare 3 and Assassin’s Creed:?Revelations. Back in?2009, terrified publishers ran away from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, delaying their games into 2010. This year, Activision’s competition …
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