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Modern Warfare 2 isn’t the only slice of non-historical conflict that games consumers will enjoy in the next few months: MCV understands that the next iteration in EA’s Medal Of Honor series will be set in the current day. A reliable industry source told MCV this week that it’s a …
Read More »Trade’s not boxing clever
The market hasn’t crashed to a halt, however. At the recent London Games Conference GfK-ChartTrack boss Dorian Bloch revealed that overall the market for games sold on the High Street will be down around 10 per cent year on year. That’s a 250m deficit on 2008. It’s not necessarily a …
Read More »Natal launch details leak from secret Microsoft tour
MCV can this week reveal first details regarding the launch of Microsoft’s Project Natal. Our sources say the innovative controller-free 360 camera will be released worldwide in November 2010. This and other details have emerged following a behind-closed-doors Microsoft tour of UK publishers and studios – the format-holder has been …
Read More »Square Enix Europe rebirth complete
Square Enix has completed its transformation, following the acquisition of Eidos in February. The company announced this afternoon that the combined business of Eidos and Square in the UK will operate under the name of Square Enix Ltd – part of the Square Enix Europe business unit. Square Enix Europe …
Read More »EA’s future gameplan
EA is performing. In both Europe and North America, EA was the number one overall publisher in the quarter – number one on the PS3, Xbox 360, and PC, and number two to Nintendo on the Wii. [In future] we see a tale of two sub-sectors. The various digital sectors …
Read More »Modern Warfare will thrash GTA sales, says HMV
HMV has forecast Modern Warfare 2 will become the first game to top one million week-one UK sales – taking the title as the industry’s fastest-selling software release of all time. The retailer today predicted that the games would smash previous sales records held by GTA IV – supporting publishers’ …
Read More »EA slashes release slate in half
Electronic Arts’ ruthless culling of dead wood – if not Dead Space – will hit a new high next year: Its FY2011 (Apr 1st 2010 – Mar 31st 2011) line-up will be 50 per cent lighter than its games roster from FY2009. That’s according to CEO John Riccitiello, who told …
Read More »NCsoft Q3 profits soar
NCsoft has enjoyed a year-on-year Q3 profits jump of 836 per cent – largely thanks to the release of MMO Aion: The Tower of Eternity. YoY revenue more than doubled in the period to KRW 166.28 billion (US$144.00 million) – up 21 per cent on Q2, when the firm released …
Read More »3m MW2 shipped in to satisfy UK demand
If you thought that the launch of Modern Warfare 2 today meant excitement behind the game will die down, think again. MCV understands that Activision has shipped some 3m copies of the game into the UK to satisfy the huge level of demand for the game. It’s an unprecedented first-day …
Read More »‘Huge’ FFXIII news due Friday
Square Enix has told MCV that ‘must see’ news about Final Fantasy XIII will be revealed via a video on the game’s official website this Friday afternoon. Little is known about what the video will contain, but insiders at the publisher – which showed the game off at E3 in …
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