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DC Universe Online has seen a 1,000 per cent increase of concurrent users since going free-to-play on the November 1st. The superhero MMO, managed by Sony Online Entertainment, has also gained 330,000 new players since the switch from a subscription model. The 1000 per cent rise suggests the game had …
Read More »COUNTDOWN TO LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE: Last chance to book
Time is running out to secure your place at Thursday’s London Games Conference. The full schedule for the event is now online to read outlining the excellent talks we have planned from Valve’s Jason Holtman, Xbox Live’s Robin Burrowes, GameStop’s Mike Mauler, Sega’s John Clark, plus Nicholas Lovell, Nick Parker, …
Read More »Sledgehammer: Modern Warfare 3 not aiming to shock
Despite claims to the contrary, the developers of Call of Duty say that they do not see the use of shocking content as a marketing tool for their games. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 is released worldwide tomorrow, and while the mainstream media has yet to go big” on …
Read More »COUNTDOWN TO LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE: Xbox joins line up
We’ve got an exciting last-minute addition to the LGC schedule: Xbox Live. Microsoft’s Robin Burrowes has signed up to host a special address at the event looking at how the 360’s online games service has in fact benefitted other mediums. While LGC looks at how online business models have transformed …
Read More »Bye-bye for Best Buy UK? Big box chain to close, says report
After a stop-start beginning and growing losses, Best Buy UK’s chain of 11 stores is likely to close says The Sunday Times. But the brand may live on – with Carphone Warehouse stores turned into ‘mini’ Best Buys. A report in the Sunday paper said that parent Carphone could make …
Read More »OPINION: Zumba dances again
What’s the best way to announce a new game? A consumer press event like GAMEfest? Tease it through social channels? Book a specialist print reveal?Or how about a good old fashioned PR stunt? 505 opted for none of those this week, announcing that Zumba 2 is coming to the UK …
Read More »Gameloft reports Q3 sales growth
Gameloft sales during the third quarter of 2011 ended at $56 million, the company has announced. The figure is up 17 per cent from the previous year, with Europe and North America representing 57 per cent of sales. Smartphone and tablet game sales meanwhile grew by 60 per cent year-on-year, …
Read More »1,200 jobs face the chop at AMD
AMD will shed 10 per cent of the firm’s global work force as part of a restructuring plan designed to facilitate a "competitive cost structure," the chipmaker announced. The restructuring will trim $10 million in 2011 and $118 million in 2012. In addition to laying off around one in ten …
Read More »COUNTDOWN TO LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE: Should UKIE & Tiga unite?
The unification of trade bodies Tiga and UKIE would be approved by four times as many industry professionals as those who oppose, new data suggests. The results of a new survey, show that 58.1 per cent of industry respondents favour a merger of both groups, while only 14.9 per cent …
Read More »MCV/Xbox Xmas Quiz – just two places left!
Microsoft, Nintendo, Ubisoft and Gem are among the companies already signed up to this year’s MCV/Xbox Xmas Quiz, taking place on December 1st at London’s Sway Bar. Others who have entered teams include Lygo,Turner Media Innovations, Future, GameSpot, Videogamer.com, Amazon, Comet and Tesco – and time’s running out if you …
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