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UPDATE: There will not be any specially made PlayStation Move peripherals produced for BioShock Infinite, MCV can reveal. A spokesperson on behalf of Irrational Games told MCV that stories about the supposed accessory are ‘confused’, as was the statement on the PlayStation website. Previous story in full below: 2K Games’ …
Read More »Channel Island VAT loophole closed
Low Value Consignment Relief will no longer apply to goods sent to the UK from the Channel Islands, the Government has announced. The controversial tax loophole is used by many of the biggest UK online retailers – most famously Play.com, The Hut Group, Asda and Amazon – to dodge millions …
Read More »MCV GameTime: Industry TV advertising monitor (wk ending October 16th)
We look at recent TV advertising activity for games and the leading campaigns for the week ending October 16th year-on-year. This is provided by specialist communication firmGeneration Mediawhich focuses on the entertainment and leisure industries. Further week-on-week growth (62 per cent) saw games and consoles ads produce 732 individual TVRs. …
Read More »Software Sales Monitor: Market jumps 36%
It was a big week for the UK games market, with the total value up by 36 per cent to 39.1m, and unit sales up by 31 per cent to 1,300,858. The reason for the sales surge? Battlefield 3. The game is now the tenth fastest-selling game in Chart-Track history, …
Read More »Ubisoft bemoans critical response to innovation
As much as [reviewers] claim they want innovation, they don’t.” That’s the assessment of Ubisoft’s North American executive director Laurent Detoc, speaking in response to the lukewarm reception afforded to recent release Rocksmith. Rocksmith tried to distinguish itself from the already crowded musical instrument category by attempting to be a …
Read More »IGN lands YouTube game channel deal
YouTube is to launch a new video games channel powered by the IGN Network. Called START, the project is being run in conjunction with Shine Group. It will include both pre-recorded and live broadcasts as well as content not found on the IGN website. The service is due to launch …
Read More »Sony DADC establishes new Russian plant
PS3 game production is to begin at Sony DADC’s Russian base in Borovsk, the company has announced. Manufacturing of Blu-ray discs began at the facility in July following Sony DADC’s acquisition of Russian firm Kaluga earlier this year, but this expansion will allow the company to further spread the reach …
Read More »Some Vita titles require external memory card
It has been revealed that some games for the PlayStation Vita will require the use of an external memory card to save game progress. Vita games purchased on the High Street take the form of small proprietary memory cards. Many of these will save a player’s progress directly onto the …
Read More »FEATURE: Blood on the Dance Floor
Over 1m dancing games are sold every month on average. That’s an incredible sum, especially considering that before Just Dance arrived in November 2009, dancing games had become a forgotten genre. Since then the dance games market has exploded and there is an astonishing eleven dancing titles on the schedule …
Read More »Namco confirms Vita launch line-up
Buyers of the upcoming PlayStation Vita handheld will be able to take home new Ridge Racer, Katamari and Shinobido games at launch. The console will arrive on February 22nd 2012 in the UK, US, Europe, Middle East and Australasia. Namco Bandai says the three games will be available at launch …
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