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Fears over whether supermarkets will slash prices on more new titles this Q4 are looking justified today, as ASDA reveals that it will sell Codemasters’ Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising at 27 from midnight tonight. The offer comes after supermarkets offered FIFA 10 for sub-30 last weekend – with Tesco …
Read More »Will Wright discusses new project
Will Wright, creator of The Sims and Spore, has revealed details of his new company’s debut project. Speaking to The LA Times, Wright revealed that he is working on a toy which he will take to the New York Toy Fair in February 2010 – where he will also give …
Read More »Xmas No.1 odds revealed
Online betting giant Paddy Power has backed Modern Warfare 2, Assassin’s Creed II and FIFA 10 as mostly likely to snatch this year’s Christmas No.1, MCV can reveal. Activision’s modern-day first person shooter is the runaway favourite to top the charts with odds of 13/8, while Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed II …
Read More »System 3 goes digital on PSP
System 3 has released three digital titles for PSP to coincide with this week’s PSPgo launch. Impossible Mission, Gottlieb Pinball Classics and Super Fruitfall are now all available to download from the PlayStation Network. System 3 COO Mark Cale said: Obviously there is going to be a huge groundswell of …
Read More »PlayV signs new Euro partner
PlayV has announced a new partnership with German publisher S.A.D that will see the UK distributor handle the company’s titles when they are released on UK shores. The first titles to be included in the new deal are S.A.D’s PurpleHills range, a selection of casual games that have become popular …
Read More »Steam: We cant release digital data
Digital download market leader Steam has told MCV that it will not release its sales data to chart companies – and that an official downloads ranking is not important. It is rumoured that parent company Valve’s secrecy over sales data is the final obstacle for companies such as GfK-ChartTrack and …
Read More »Football Manager ‘Q4’s biggest PC game’
Publisher Sega has predicted that the upcoming Football Manager 2010 will be the biggest PC release of Q4. The game is the latest in the long-running Sports Interactive franchise and is due for release on PC on October 30th. And in anticipation of its arrival, Sega has prepared an extensive …
Read More »Digital distribution will outstrip retail ‘within three years’
This month’s London Games Conference will serve as a rude awakening to the games industry. Speakers attending the October 27th event (tickets for which are available by mailing here) have already revealed to MCV key issues that they plan to address. They say that almost half the industry – around …
Read More »Steam Rising
One of the leaders in digital distribution for games is the Steam service from independent developer Valve, creator of Half-Life and Left4Dead. Michael French speaks to director of business development Jason Holtman about the interplay between physical and digital – and the contentious issue of a download chart… What impact …
Read More »Nintendo named worlds best company
Business Week has crowned Nintendo as the greatest company on Earth today in an annual poll. The platform holder finished ahead of Google and Apple in the table, which measures factors including sales growth rate and rises of market capitalisation. The business weekly says the table reflects: ‘commitment to innovation, …
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