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British telecoms watchdog Ofcom has called on internet service providers to provide more information regarding traffic management the ISPs use to curb excessive demand. The call was made with the warning that if ISPs did not provide such information voluntarily then the watchdog would consider enforcement action to compel the …
Read More »MCV Pacific – the week’s biggest news
In the first of our regular roundups, we look at the week’s big news in Australia and New Zealand courtesy of sister-site MCV Pacific. Somewhat inspiring speech from a conference we were the media sponsor for:http://www.mcvpacific.com/news/read/speech-paul-callaghan-asks-us-to-turn-off-our-screens-at-gcap-2011/087662 Part 2 of an interview with the Head of Retail Sales and Marketing for …
Read More »OPINION: Vita brings New Life in the New Year
This has been a tough year for traditional games handhelds. 3DS has taken its time to find its feet, with Super Mario 3D Land last week the first game to make it a must-have. Six months after release. The new kiddie-priced PSP effectively snuck out to market as that platform …
Read More »Vivendi: New game rumours are untrue
Activision Blizzard parent Vivendi has squashed industry chatter that it is opening a new games business. Recent rumours swirled that the entertainment firm, which last week bought record label EMI, wants to establish a digital games company separate from the Call of Duty and Warcraft publisher it has a 60 …
Read More »Grimes wants ‘an Xbox in every home’
Xbox UK’s new retail sales and marketing boss says the 360 has a lot more mileage left in it. In fact Jonathan Grimes tells MCV in an interview this week he won’t be happy until every household has an Xbox. There’s definitely a lot more to achieve,” he offered as …
Read More »‘A new Future business is taking shape’ – new CEO Wood
Future’s new CEO Mark Wood predicts the company will be quite different once it is ‘transition to a digital business model’ is complete. In his statement published with today’s full-year results – ‘disappointing’ numbers that show the US business dragging down UK performance – he said that Future sees opportunity …
Read More »Future looks ahead after ‘disappointing’ results
Future’s full-year results show ‘resilience’ in its UK business – but the US business continues to slow the Group down. So it will merge the two to create "a singleglobal product line". This morning the firm announced that strong digital revenue growth (up 36 per cent) in the UK has …
Read More »FEATURE: Call of Duty’s Modern Art
Whichever way you look at it – the UK/US Day One of 6.5m, or $400m in 24 hours, or 75 copies sold a second – Modern Warfare 3 is a juggernaut. As a Call of Duty game, it was always going to be, of course; there’s probably a graph on …
Read More »Apple UK launches official weekly App Charts
Apple UK has today started publishing weekly charts detailing the most popular apps on its iOS platforms. It is producing four weekly charts: iPhone paid apps, iPhone free apps, iPad paid apps and iPad free apps. Each chart is a top ten, published every Wednesday – it names the app …
Read More »PS Vita – 11 games for European launch
SCEE this evening revealed more details about the February 22nd launch of its new handheld games device. PlayStation Vita will come with 11 first-party launch games the firm announced at a London briefing this evening. The firm’s Sony Worldwide Studios Europe Michael Denny claimed that the line-up is one of …
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