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The latest stats from the Office of National Statistics have surprised everyone by showing that UK retail sales were up slightly in September. And crucially, the ONS says that video games and laptop sales were the key factor in the 0.6 per cent increase However, the conclusions offered by ONS …
Read More »GAME bags exclusive GoldenEye multiplayer mode
Bond fans will have to pick up Activision’s GoldenEye 007: Reloaded from GAME if they want to battle their friends in the paintball multiplayer mode. The setting is only included in the GAME-exclusive MI6 Edition of the Xbox 360 and PS3 game, which retails for 39.99. This SKU also includes …
Read More ȣ165m marketing bonanza to cheer up Christmas
The UK games industry is digging deep in a bid to turn around a difficult year for boxed sales. Publishers, retailers, developers and platform holders are splashing 165m on advertising over the next three months, MCV research has found. That amount will fund a deluge of TV ads, mall tours, …
Read More »Software Sales Monitor: Market falls to £26.3m
It’s the post-FIFA blues this week, with unit sales falling 43 per cent to 887,494 and the market value plunging further, down 51 per cent to 26.3m week-on-week. It’s an expected drop, but was perhaps a little steeper than retail would have hoped – it’s a bigger drop than the …
Read More »F2P games green-lit for PlayStation Vita
The thriving free-to-play monetisation model is coming to PlayStation Vita, a Sony executive has said. Chris Norden, a senior developer at SCEA, yesterday met attendees at an industry event in Texas to explain Sony’s policy. "You are free to explore whatever business model you want,” he said during his speaker …
Read More »Forza 4, PES 2012, Ace Combat – where’s cheapest?
There will be plenty of big-name games competing for consumer’s money tomorrow, and some of the UK’s retailers have gone live today with ads for the deals they hope will win them vital marketshare. Tesco is going low on the price of PES 2012, offering the game for 32.71, no …
Read More »Blizzard: We rely on retail
PC giant Blizzard insists it needs traditional retail to help turn its games into global hits. The World of Warcraft studio generates most of its revenue from MMO subscriptions, and also sells its games – including StarCraft and the upcoming Diablo III – through its own digital service.But international VP …
Read More »Xbox 360 gets 320GB HDD
Microsoft is to release a high-capacity 320GB version of its Xbox 360 hard drive. The SKU will retail for 79.99 in the UK (and $129.99 in the US) and will replace the 250GB unit that currently retails for the same price. It will be compatible with the newer Xbox 360 …
Read More »Sainsbury’s plots £1m digital retail push
Sainsbury’s has bought online entertainment company Global Media Vault for 1 million. The acquisition will facilitate its drive to beat supermarket rivals to the online and digital entertainment market, following the launch of the Sainsbury’s Entertainment website in November 2010. Global Media Vault’s digital database already includes over three million …
Read More »World of Tanks hits retail November 11th
Wargaming.net’s online multiplayer war shooter World of Tanks is heading to UK retail next month, courtesy of publisher Deep Silver. MCV can reveal that the PC title’s UK release date is November 11th. The Russian version of World of Tanks arrived first in 2010 and the European and North American …
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