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Microsoft’s Xbox Live UK product manager talks Minecraft, Arcade Next and the future of the Xbox 360 online platform. Tell us about the Arcade Next promotion – why group a bunch of new games under that tagline? How effective have past promotions been? Yeah I think we’ve been quite fortunate. …
Read More »Fight My Monster reaches 1m boys
Fight My Monster has become the UK’s fastest-growing online game for boys after reaching 1m players. The Moshi Monsters rival launched in 2011 and has gone on to achieve an average game session time of 40 minutes per player. The company claims this is almost twice as long as a …
Read More »MCVuk.com breaks traffic records
MCV Onlineattracted over half a million readers and over 2m pageviews in March, hitting core consumers as well as trade. MCVuk.com posted a record-breaking 506k unique users during the month, with pageviews also hitting a record-breaking 2m for the period,according to Google Analytics data. In short, MCVuk.com affirmed itself as …
Read More »Entertainment overtakes gaming in Xbox 360 usage
US Xbox 360 owners are now spending more time using Xbox 360’s multimedia functions than they are gaming. It’s the realisation of a long-term goal for Microsoft, which has spent huge amounts of time and money to try and position its device not just as a games console but also …
Read More »UPDATE: GAME.co.uk "down for maintenance"
The websites for both GAME and Gamestation have this morning been taken down. GAME.co.uk is down for maintenance,” a message on the site currently reads. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.We hope to be back up and running very soon. If you require assistance with an existing order …
Read More »SimCity returns in 2013
The daddy of the city management genre is set for a high-profile return next year with confirmation of a 2013 release for a brand new SimCity. Dubbed as a true rebirth of the franchise”, the new game will feature next generation accessibility” and a robust multiplayer mode”. So far it …
Read More »GAME to offer Gaikai demo streaming
Streaming games provider Gaikai has partnered with GAME to offer a streaming demo service on the retailer’s website beginning this spring. GAME says that the move forms a significant part of our strategy to grow revenues from its web and digital business”. There’s no sign, though, of GAME trying to …
Read More »Time called on four SOE MMOs
Sony Online Entertainment is to cease four of its onlne titles at the end of the month, it has been revealed. As reported byVG47, the company is set to close EverQuest Online Adventures, Cosmic Rift, Infantry and Star Chamber: The Harbinger Saga. The titles are due to cease to exist …
Read More »SOE closes four online games
EverQuest Online Adventures, Cosmic Rift, Infantry and Star Chamber: The Harbinger Sage to end by June
Read More »New Argos CEO plots radical reinvention
The new boss of Argos says he has been given a clean sheet from Home Retail Chairman Oliver Stocken to embark upon a brand new strategy for the catalogue retailer. And speaking to Bloomberg, John Walden said that he’s open to the idea of potentially using Argos stores in a …
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