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Next-gen has reports that the Brain Training phenomenon continues to sweep across the globe – claiming the number one spots in both the Spanish and German charts. The listings, courtesy of MC-GfK, run as follows:Spain 1. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (DS)2. Big Brain Academy (Wii)3. Assassin’s Creed (PS3)4. …
Read More »Stringer, Kotick question potential of in-game ads
Sony’s Howard Stringer and Activision’s Bobby Kotick have both said they are unsure whether video games can be fully sustained by in-game advertising. The news comes after EA announced it was to make its new Battlefield game available for free on the internet – and was financially supporting it through …
Read More »This year will struggle to beat 07
Few will argue that Nintendo owned Christmas ’07, and its philosophy spread, with purpose, to the Porter household. A Wii Remote is the perfect cure for an apparently poorly constructed family. The large part consoles played in my Christmas helped remind me how important 2007 was for gamers. Fortunately, 2008 …
Read More »INTERVIEW: GAME on 07
There’s plenty going on at GAME Group – on top of integrating its former rival Gamestation into its existing infrastructure, it continues to broaden its business by reaching out to new consumers and expanding in Europe. We get the full story from CEO Lisa Morgan and David Thomas, deputy CEO …
Read More »Top of its GAME
Analysts may well look back at 2007 as the tipping point when the games industry began to eat itself. So many developers were bought up that we could fill all 900-odd words of this feature listing them all; Vivendi bought Activision and in so doing squared up to a dominant …
Read More »Marvel to set up publishing division?
Marvel Comics has cleared the way to set up its own video games publishing arm, after terminating its licensing deal with EA after only one game. Industry analysts have suggested to MCV that the US firm could be set to take its own slice of the publishing market, following years …
Read More »Nintendo reassures third-party publishers
Nintendo has responded to worries that only first-party titles are selling on the Wii, stating that it believes the situation is only temporary. According to the company’s third-quarter report meeting transcription, translated by MCV sister site Develop, the problem is simply one of the Wii still being a young system …
Read More »Wigglesworth quits EUK
Woolworths has announced that Lloyd Wigglesworth has stepped down as managing director of EUK. Wigglesworth has led the distribution arm of Woolworths through a number of changes during his time at EUK, including the acquisitions of THE and Bertram, and will also retire from the Board. Steve Lewis, currently MD …
Read More »US PC CHART: COD 4 holds off Warcraft
Activision’s Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has taken the top spot in the US’s PC chart for the week of January 13th – 19th, according to NPD data. Three World of Warcraft titles follow the FPS, with the original Blizzard MMO in second, the ‘Battle Chest’ compendium in third …
Read More »UK CHART: Burnout overtakes Mario and Sonic
Sega’s Mario and Sonic and the Olympic Games has to make do with second spot in this week’s ELSPA/ChartTrack all formats chart, while Activision’s Call of Duty 4 is down one place to three. Burnout Paradise’s top selling debut week is split between the Xbox 360 and PS3 formats, which …
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