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Wonderbook: Book of Spells hits shelves this week, and to mark its arrival MCV has published a special trade supplement devoted to the new product. As well as details on the marketing, PR, plus retail plans, we also speak to Sony’s UK boss Fergal Gara and the Wonderbook game director …
Read More »6 reasons you cannot miss the London Games Conference
The market is in transition and the November 21st LGC will prepare you for change. Here’s our quick guide to why you should be there… 1. It will help you grow your business The focused agenda has been created to help deliver insight into the twin challenges of digital discovery …
Read More »New marketing director for Xbox UK
Long-serving Microsoft exec Harvey Eagle has this week been appointed the new marketing director for Xbox UK. Eagle was previously Interactive Entertainment Business Category Director across the EMEA region, working for Jeremy Dale. Prior to that, he has been a key member of the EMEA Xbox team for the last …
Read More »Gem offers trio of new Xbox deals for indies
Gem is running another trio of deals this week for independent retailers. Indies can pick two titles from the Classic range, and the shooter Halo ODST, for 14. Classic titles includes Gears of War, Mass Effect, Fable II, Halo 4, Halo Wars, Gears of War 2 and more. Meanwhile, the …
Read More »ME Awards 2012 recognises the surging mobile games space
Sister title, Mobile Entertainment, is holding its seventh annual ME Awards ceremony in little over a fortnight, recognising the achievements of those working in the mobile content industry. Gaming, of course, is a huge part of the mobile space and EA Mobile, Gameloft, Rovio are among Best Games Publisher nominees, …
Read More »OPINION: Battle of the bullets might just fire up games retail
Our shooty Man showdown cover answers a question we posed back in May when The Avengers was rocking the Box Office. ‘Where are games’ heroes?’, MCV asked, at a time when cinema was showing you can part customers with their money on the promise of high-octane antics usually reserved for …
Read More »2,000 UK shops will be open for Call of Duty: Black Ops II’s midnight launch
One online indie may have broken the street date, but that will do little to dampen Monday’s excitement for the Call of Duty midnight launch. Around 2,000 UK shops are to be open from midnight on Monday to celebrate Black Ops II officially going on sale. It’s the ‘greatest ever …
Read More »MCV Awards return on April 18th
The MCV Awards return on April 18th, 2013 – with eight new prizes up for grabs. Updated and improved categories have once again widened the scope of the awards to reflect the changing market. For the 2013 awards we have new prizes for Retail Concept and Digital Retailer, two dedicated …
Read More »MCV AWARDS 2013: Greg Davies returns as host
Greg Davies returns as the host of next year’s MCV Awards, which take place on April 18th, 2013. Greg is a giant of comedy (seriously – he’s 6ft 8in tall), and if you’ve not seen his stand-up you have no doubt seen him in The Inbetweeners or on shows like …
Read More »MCV AWARDS 2013: Lobbying now open
Want to win an MCV Award? Well, the first thing you have to do is put yourself forward for one. Lobbying for the MCV Awards is now open. On November 23rd the full criteria for each award will be published in MCV and available online at www.mcvuk.com and at www.mcvawards.com. …
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