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Online digital retailer Green Man Gaming is offering free PC games through today’s issue of The Sun. The firm has provided voucher codes to the tabloid, which can be redeemed for three games at greenmangaming.com. The codes are available at The Sun’s website, and the promotion is expected to reach …
Read More »Ultimate guide to games retail in this week’s MCV
The latest issue of your weekly MCV is now available to read online, on iPad and iPhone. This week’s edition features an essential guide to the UK’s games buyers, as well as interviews with Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg and 2K Games boss Christoph Hartmann. Registered members can read this …
Read More »Retailers praise Vita price
There may be be no word on a release date yet, but games retailers are already excited about PlayStation Vita. Speaking to MCV, online and High Street outlets have praised the platform holder for the device’s announced pricing. Sony’s Kaz Hirai revealed during E3 that the WiFi-only model of Vita …
Read More »Games advertisers respond to NOTW scandal
Video games retailers are among the many firms that are reconsidering their position on advertising with the News of the World. The News International-owned tabloid currently faces allegations concerning a private investigator that was reportedly employed by the publication who hacked into the mobile phone of missing person Millie Dowler. …
Read More »Square Enix sues Deus Ex hackers
Square Enix has filed a lawsuit against the people believed to be behind a recent Deus Ex leak. A preview build of the upcoming Deus Ex: Human Revolution was accessed and uploaded onto torrent sites in late May. The code contained early sections of the game. The publisher is now …
Read More »Can MMOs make more money with F2P?
Gamesbrief director and industry analayst Nicholas Lovell says publishers of subscription-based MMOs could be denying themselves additional income. His comments come as several MMO publishers shift to a free-to-play business model. Everyone knows that subscriptions are a barrier to adoption, but what fewer people realise is that they are also …
Read More »F2P gives ageing MMOs a second chance
MMO publishers are flocking to the free-to-play market to stop users logging off. Over the past few weeks, a number of MMORPGs have announced they will be dropping subscription fees, such as City of Heroes, Age of Conan and LEGO Universe.Valve’s Team Fortress 2 and the Japanese version of Epic’s …
Read More »Five days left to submit ‘rough drafts’ for MoMinis contest
The deadline for rough draft submissions to the MoMinis Studio GameCast contest is July 10th. The company is accepting submissions in video format that should demonstrate the concept and gameplay of your mobile game and anything else you wish to explain, including what you plan to add to the game …
Read More »Kalypso opens new UK office
The UK arm of Kalypso Media has established a new office. Previously working out of serviced offices shared with various other companies, the team now has its own dedicated premises in Bracknell, Berkshire. The new office will be the base of operations, from which Kalypso Media UK will handle forthcoming …
Read More »Wii U will have "flexible online system"
Reggie Fils-Aime has said the upcoming Wii U will have a "flexible" online system. In an interview with Forbes, the Nintendo president addressed questions about the difference between Wii’s online service and those of its competitors, such as Xbox Live. "We’ve seen what our competitors have done, and we’ve acknowledged …
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