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Chris Lewis, Regional VP, EMEA Home and Entertainment, Microsoft: I’m looking forward to 2008 in lots of ways, but certainly as the year where gaming comes into its own – no longer a fad or annual staple of "hottest Christmas gift" features, but a valid entertainment choice that holds its …
Read More »McDonalds boss: Games to blame for childhood obesity
The chief executive of McDonald’s UK has hit out at video games for being a major cause of the childhood obesity crisis. Steve Easterbrook told The Times that the food and drinks industry shared responsibility for the issue with individuals and Government. But he made special mention of the popularity …
Read More »EA deal for BioWare Pandemic completed
Electronic Arts has confirmed the acquisition of BioWare and Pandemic holding company VG Holdings for $860m. The two studios have now officially joined the EA fold under the EA Games label and bring ten new franchises, based on six wholly-owned IP, to the publisher. These include Mercenaries and Saboteur. For …
Read More »SPECIAL REPORT: Japans 2007 market stats in full
MCV media partner Enterbrain has released full year Japanese market figures for 2007 – showing a 25 per cent year-on-year leap in the hardware market, while overall software sales have dropped by one per cent compared to 2006. Japan’s total hardware and software market amounted to a whopping 687.66 billion …
Read More »CES 2008: Disney-ABC and MGM sign up to Xbox Live
Microsoft’s Bill Gates used his last ever speech at the annual Consumer Electronics Show to announce film behemoth MGM and TV network ABC-Disney had signed up to new content deals with his firm’s Xbox division. The technology magnate was joined on stage by Microsoft’s president of its entertainment and devices …
Read More »CES 2008: BT Vision coming to Xbox Live
Xbox Live users that subscribe to BT Broadband will soon be granted access to an extensive library of on-demand content including movies, TV, music videos and even BT Vision’s ‘near live’ FA Premier League football matches through their consoles. The new deal marks the coming together of two corporate giants …
Read More »Xbox 360 shifts 17.7m worldwide
Microsoft has revealed a new set of figures following a bumper festive period, according to Reuters . As well as reaching the 17.7m mark in terms of worldwide console sales, the platform holder confirmed that it has shifted 4.3m units in the last three months. On top of the hardware …
Read More »Ellingford steps down at Take 2
After ten years at the publisher, MCV can reveal that James Ellingford has left Take 2. While he relinquishes his full time role, he will continue at the publisher as a consultant. Ellingford’s departure comes after a turbulent period for the publisher, which has made widespread staff cuts and sold …
Read More »THQ teams up with Disney-Pixar for new franchise
THQ has secured the licence to yet another movie title from US hit machine Disney-Pixar, in the shape of science fiction comedy WALL-E. The video game adaptation of WALL-E will be released in conjunction with the movie this summer, on PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS, PC and Mac, …
Read More »Say What?
"We continue to believe that GameStop is the leading potential acquirer of Gamestation.” Michael Pachter at Wedbush Morgan starts the year off by winding up Gamestation’s commercial director Martyn Gibbs, January It is time to garotte the Game Boy and paralyse the PlayStation and admit the catastrophic effect these blasted …
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