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Spectacular. Truly spectacular. And the picture of the first-gen Xbox Metro has used really rounds it off. Today’s copy of freesheet newspaper Metro takes alarmist mainstream video gaming reporting to a WHOLE new level. Check this headline: Xbox paedophile predators ‘move in on prey within two minutes of contact”. We …
Read More »Ian Shepherd attacks media GAME coverage
GAME CEO Ian Shepherd has attacked the media for its reporting of the GAME situation. The comments come to light as GAME and Gamestation employees wait for official confirmation of the retailer’s going into administration – and the store closures and job losses that will result. MCV has this morning …
Read More »Virgin begins doubling user broadband speeds
Cable ISP Virgin Media is set to begin rolling out a speed upgrade for customers in 30 towns and cities across the UK. The upgrade, announced in January, will boost 10Mb/sec packages to 20Mb/sec, 20 and 30Mb/sec to 60Mb/sec and 50Mb/sec to 100Mb/sec. Those customers already on a 100Mb/sec package …
Read More »FEATURE: Reading between the lines
ABC data would have you believe games magazines are dead in the water. James Batchelor looks at how print brands retain their power in a changing media landscape… Once again, fresh figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations show that specialist gaming magazines are in decline. And it’s getting worse. …
Read More »New wave of games media surfaces
Just when you thought there was no room left for new games publications, three have emerged during the last week alone. Two magazines have been announced – MyM and Continue – flying in the face of claims that print is dead. The former will launch at WH Smiths and independent …
Read More »MCV GameTime: Industry TV advertising monitor (wk ending January 29th)
2012 started brightly for games and consoles TV advertising. The first two full weeks produced remarkable year-on-year growth (52 per cent and 2,498 per cent). The extraordinary growth witnessed during the week ending January 15th reflects a very poor corresponding week in 2011, when a small base of just three …
Read More »PALGN’s editorial team walk citing a disagreement with management
An email was sent around yesterday confirming that PALGN’s editorial team will no longer produce site content. The passionate farewell email came from site executive editor Jeremy Jastrzab, who has been a PALGN contributor for 7 years. It informed recipients that the editorial team behind the site would no longer …
Read More »Disney acquires majority stake in UTV
The Walt Disney Company has obtained a controlling stake in UTV including the media firm’s games publishing arm UTV Ignition. Disney will be complete the acquisition shortly via a delisting action which will see UTV’s shares removed from local stock exchanges. It will start this process from February 6th, according …
Read More »Daily Mail exposes Old Republic female slave torture scandal!
91 hours. That’s how far 2012 was able to progress before The Daily Mail got the ball rolling on this year’s tabloid tirade on video games. And what a way to kick off the action. Hit Star Wars game lets players ‘own’ and torment female slaves with electric shock collar” …
Read More »Big-name US journos form new site
After a spate of resignations across some of America’s biggest games websites, the former managing editor of Joystiq Justin McElroy has finally revealed the new venture that has lured them away. The new site will be the first games portal for Vox Media. It currently runs two websites – tech …
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