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Epic Games says its new title Fortnite was inspired by Mojang’s smash hit creation game Minecraft. Gears of War creator Epic revealed its new IP Fortnite at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards on the weekend. Like Minecraft, it focuses on allowing gamers to construct their own buildings. Minecraft was …
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Tiny Wings and Contre Jour HD named as year's best games
Read More »Happy High Street excited for 2012
Retailers are expecting overall market decline but are still optimistic. 80 per cent of store managers said they were confident about the health of their business in the yearly MCV Retail Survey. We quizzed store managers from High Street chains, supermarkets and indies. Upcoming titles BioShock Infinite and Mass Effect …
Read More »MCV 2011 Retail Survey – the results
What was the biggest event of 2011? What is games retail hoping forin 2012? MCV speaks to retailers nationwide in its annual retail survey… Over 6.5 million day one sales, $775m in revenue generated within its first five days on sale and a whopping 75 copies sold per second. It’s …
Read More »Gamers now able to claim free games with Nintendo Coins
In what many gamers will say is a long overdue move, Club Nintendo is to begin offering free games in exchange for Nintendo coins. Coins are earned when consumers purchase a Nintendo or select third party title for Wii, DS or 3DS. A user can exchange them against Nintendo’s catalogue …
Read More »Trade-in price comparison engine launches
A new website has launched that allows gamers to compare the trade-in prices offered by retailers for specific video games. Playr2.com claims to be the first trade-in price comparison engine. As well as prices offered for titles, the site also details any requirements of a trade-in – game condition, timeframe …
Read More »Rayman creator admits he doesn’t like Mario games
Michel Ancel, the creator of the popular Rayman series, has made the surprise admission that he doesn’t like Mario platformers. I will tell you something terrible – I don’t really enjoy playing Mario games,” he told Gamasutra. I don’t like gliding, I don’t like its inertia, and I don’t like …
Read More »Software Sales Monitor: Market makes £54.6m
The market value dipped ten per cent to 54.6m, down from last week’s 60.9m. That’s still a huge amount and should increase as Christmas approaches. Unit sales were down only slightly (two per cent). This was driven by a series of Black Friday promotions. It was one of the last …
Read More »BP: We could step in if games retail fails
An unlikely outlet says it can fill the void left by failing video game stores. BP – yes, the petrol station – says it is ‘uniquely placed’ to exploit any decline on the High Street. It follows the firm’s success with the Modern Warfare 3 launch, with over 300 BP …
Read More »PopCap: 120m people play social games
More people are playing social games than ever before, says PopCap. The casual giant found that 71 per cent more play social games today compared to last year – 120m players in total. Plus, the number of ‘avid’ social game players have more than doubled from seven per cent in …
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