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MCV’s vital weekly digest for UK games retail, Retail Biz, is available to view online and download now. The special mail-out includes today’s full All Formats and single format charts – including PS3, on which EA’s FIFA 10 reclaims the top spot from Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 2010. Other vital …
Read More »Amnesia strikes Daily Mail on MW2?
They take with one hand, and give with the other… The Daily Mail has now done a bit of a U-turn on its anti-Modern Warfare 2 stance. While the previous story linked to earlier today pointed fingers at MW2’s violent content, the tabloid’s latest article about the game says it …
Read More »Are retailers set for extinction?
Whether you are a publisher, developer or retailer the message clear: it happened to music, and it will happen to us. The difference for games is that we are already prepared. Yes, there is an evolving ball of new digital issues some areas of the industry still need to get …
Read More »Daily Mail slams Modern Warfare 2
Well, we’re surprised it took them this long: The Daily Mail has today run a story criticising Modern Warfare 2 for letting ‘players kill civilians in terror attacks’. Anti-games Labour MP even Keith Vaz offers up a soundbyte dismaying the ‘level of violence in the game’. Vaz has vowed to …
Read More »Activision praises retail and promises fair play on MW2
Activision’s UK MD Andrew Brown has contacted MCV to show his confidence and trust in retail as stores all over the country prepare to start selling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from Tuesday. Any cases of early selling are being quickly and firmly dealt with by retail head offices …
Read More »Square Enix sales rise 33%, profits fall 55.7%
Square Enix has seen its sales rise 33.2 per cent for the six months ending September 30th. The company’s sales have reached 90.6 billion Yen ($998 million), however, profits have fallen 55.7 per cent to 2.68 billion Yen ($29.5 million). Sales were driven by Dragon Quest IX, which has sold …
Read More »EA: Flips can grow DS audience
Electronic Arts is confident that its new Flips range of e-books for kids can not only be a sales success – but actually widen the audience of Nintendo’s DS. And the firm told MCV this week that it believes any prospect of introducing Harry Potter books into the range would …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Activision Blizzard UK
As the Activision Blizzard prepares to launch Modern Warfare 2 next week, MCV caught up with the firm’s UK management team for an in-depth look at the past, present and future of the world’s biggest publisher. In the final part of our interview, we discuss Activision’s expectations for Modern Warfare …
Read More »Tesco sells Xbox 360 games for £3.97
And you thought FIFA 10 was cheap. Tesco has today begun selling new Xbox 360 games at an all-time low price of 3.97. The games include Disney’s Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian and 2K’s Don King Presents: Prizefighter Boxing. The titles are available from Tesco’s online outfit, Tesco Entertainment.
Read More »Konami to enter music industry?
Konami Corp is in talks with JVC Kenwood Holdings over the possible sale of the music firm’s subsidiary Victor Entertainment Inc, according to reports. The pair are expected to reach a deal by the end of the month, with JVC Kenwood – established by Victor and Kenwood in October 2008 …
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