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One US analyst has labelled the week one sales debut of new release Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock as dreadful”, pointing to stiff challenges for the music genre in the months ahead. Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz told CVG that the game sold just 86,000 units in its opening …
Read More »Xbox Live gets MSN content
Xbox 360 owners have been given access to MSN editorial content today. Microsoft has integrated its MSN entertainment news portal onto the Xbox Live Dashboard. It will sit in the Inside Xbox area. Only gold subscribers will be able to view the new editorial channels which provide news in the …
Read More »Xbox 360 gets unlimited music service
Microsoft has lifted the lid on an ambitious new digital content service for Xbox 360 that will grant users the right to download as much music as they like for a flat monthly fee. Called the Zune Pass, those who cough up the 8.99/€9.99 subscription will receive unlimited access to …
Read More »Two week Audio Special starts today
Luminaries from across the audio sector to tackle every aspect of video game audio
Read More »PS3 iTunes rival revealed
As was speculated yesterday, Sony is to launch an iTunes-rivalling digital music service for a number of its home entertainment products. Though technically it sounds impressive the branding could perhaps do with a little work – it’s called ‘Music Unlimited Powered by Qriocity’. Nonetheless, the European PlayStation Blog reports that …
Read More »Online games dominate UK media usage
39 per cent of UK internet users now play online games, making it the most popular form of media consumption in the country, according to a new Ofcom report entitled ‘The Communications Market 2010 (August)’. That figure is up one per cent on Q1 2009 and takes online gaming ahead …
Read More »HMV launches online music portal
Growing retail force HMV’s grand plans to become a ‘superbrand’ in the entertainment sector have taken a big step forward today with the launch of a brand new digital music service, hmvdigital.com. The new portal is the first concrete development to emerge from the acquisition of digital delivery service 7Digital …
Read More »Games hit hardest in entertainment slump
Video games face the prospect of slipping back to third place in the UK entertainment race following a report showing that the sector has suffered bigger declines than either video or music in the first half of 2010. The ERA says that the first six months of the year have …
Read More »Def Jam to sign top talent on Rapstar
Def Jam Records has said it will sign the best talent found online using Konami’s upcoming hip hop karaoke title Def Jam Rapstar. The game – due for release on November 5th – features a freestyle mode that allows users to rap along to popular tracks from big name hip …
Read More »4mm has faith in music genre
Industry veteran Geoff Heath has told MCV that he believes 4mm’s upcoming addition to the music genre, Def Jam Rapstar, can prove that there’s life left yet in the sector. Heath, who is currently acting as an advisor to emerging publisher 4mm – which set up its first UK office …
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