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EA predicts 90%+ reviews for Crysis 2

Publisher EA is so confident about the quality of its upcoming shooter Crysis 2 that it has already declared that the game wills gain a 90 per cent plus review average with critics. It’s going to be another 90 rated game from Crytek,” EA Partners boss David DeMartini told Eurogamer. …

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Ubi: Michael Jackson will sell 1m+

Michael Jackson: The Experience will be Ubisoft’s latest million-selling sensation, the publisher has told MCV. Speaking in an exclusive interview with MCV, UK MD Rob Cooper says the firm was approached by Michael Jackson himself – long before his death – to create a game based on his iconic dance …

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Industry pins hopes on E3

Global games giants reckon E3 2010 will pull the market out of the doldrums. Throughout the year all three major territories – Japan, Europe and the US – suffered a decline in sales. So as the world’s media watches on, industry execs are convinced that next week’s blockbuster line-up of …

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EA predicts Spain World Cup win

Ahead of the start of the World Cup in South Africa in just eight days time, EA has offered its traditional prediction using a simulated tournament in its 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa title – and it has picked Spain as the champs. The current European Champions will conquer …

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EA predicts Spain World Cup win

Ahead of the start of the World Cup in South Africa in just eight days time, EA has offered its traditional prediction using a simulated tournament in its 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa title – and it has picked Spain as the champs. The current European Champions will conquer …

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Games software worth $64.9bn by 2013

The total value of the global video games software market will reach $64.9bn by 2013 – a jump of approximately 28 per cent on its current value – according to a new report by Strategy Analytics. The report, entitled ‘Global Video Game Market Forecast’, predicts not only a rise in …

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"Natal to outsell Arc by 10-to-1"

Microsoft’s Natal will thoroughly outpace Sony’s Motion Controller when the pair are released later this year – that’s the prediction of industry analyst Michael Pachter. Speaking to PS3Centre.net, Pachter reckons that the Xbox 360 attachment could sell anywhere between five and ten times the number of the PS3 device. I …

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Game publishers foresee financial upturn

The UK games industry was hit hard by the recession in 2009, and now leading execs are hopeful that the worst is behind them. We hope that coming out of an often rocky and uncertain 2009, we as an industry can go into 2010 with the worst of the world’s …

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Trade looks to happier New Year

The UK games industry is looking to bounce back from a difficult 2009 – with improved Government relations key. Leading industry figures have told MCV that they hope whoever wins the upcoming election will continue to work with the trade. Whomever is leading the Government after the summer, I hope …

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PSPgo sales ahead of Sonys forecasts

Despite its controversial decision to ditch UMD functionality with the recently released PSPgo, Sony has claimed that the device has sold more than it had expected at this early stage in its lifecycle. We are over-forecast on what we thought we’d be selling on PSP Go, so we’ve been very …

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