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In MCV’s weekly rundown of thehottest vacancies and latest personnel news, four UK journos form a new digital games site and we run through the best job opportunities. Elite UK games journos co-found Hookshot Inc Four popular UK games journalists have set up a digital games website: Hookshot Inc. Christian …
Read More »Vita’s monster High Street marketing blitz revealed
Pop-up shops, Land Rovers and mass midnight openings will greet the arrival of PlayStation Vita next week. Sony has drawn up its biggest hardware campaign to date, encompassing everything from print and TV ads to sampling venues. It all kicks off today (Friday, February 17th) with the World Is In …
Read More »Vita Rooms arrives in London
Sony’s nationwide sampling tour reached its last destination today with the opening of a London Vita Rooms venue. The temporary showcase is at 80, Oxford Street, and is open to the public from now until the handheld’s launch next week. As with the Manchester and Glasgow venues before it, the …
Read More »What’s Out Today? w/e February 17th, 2012
Fighting fans have plenty to grapple with this week, thanks to the return of THQ’s popular MMA series. UFC Undisputed 3 continues the successful franchise by throwing in new events, new fighters and new modes. Also out this week is Tekken 3D Prime Edition (Namco Bandai), marking the fighting series …
Read More »GamesAid Golf & Spa Day – only a few spaces left
Time is running out if you want to sign up for this year’s GamesAid Golf & Spa Day. There are only a few places left for the popular industry charity event, which will once again be held at The Grove in Watford on Thursday, July 12th. As always the golf …
Read More »Further decline for games mags in 2011 ABCs
Circulation figures for the UK’s specialist games mags fell across the board, according to the latest figures from audit bureau ABC. Future’s NGamer – recently rebranded to Nintendo Gamer – and Imagine’s Play suffered the worst declines, losing more than a quarter of their readership compared to the same period …
Read More »INTERNATIONAL FACTFILE: Sweden
Sweden has the largest games market in the Nordic region, and as a result a strong presence from the world’s biggest games companies. It also has an impressive development community, home to the likes of Battlefield studio EA DICE, Just Cause creators Avalanche Studios and The Darkness dev Starbreeze. But …
Read More »FEATURE: Trump Cards
Club Penguin. Runescape. Moshi Monsters. These digital franchises generate a significant chunk of their revenue on the High Street – not only through merchandise but also through pre-paid content cards. These can contain anything from points and currency to subscriptions and codes for full download titles.You’ll find them in almost …
Read More »3DS downloads generate $11.1m in 2011
In a rare occurrence, download sales figures have been released a Nintendo platform. A report from Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment estimates that $11.1m were spent on digital 3DS titles, encompassing remakes from Virtual Console and 3D Classics and original 3DSWare titles. The most popular game was The Legend of …
Read More »Yoshida: $40 Vita games ‘a fair proposition’
There's no wrong price point, says Sony studio boss
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