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Sales of 2m units in its first five days on release has seen Call of Duty: Black Ops shatter UK sales records and effortlessly claim the position of UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats No.1. The numbers represent an estimated revenue of 81.9m. The numbers are 13 per cent better than …
Read More »Nintendo announces Mario Kart Wii bundle
A new Wii bundle will arrive on shelves this month to further commemorate Mario’s 25th anniversary. Nintendo announced the limited edition package will include a black Wii, black Wii Remote Plus, black Wii Wheel and two games: Mario Kart Wii and, of course, Wii Sports. Additionally, the console will come …
Read More »Licensed 4U adds direct-to-retail distribution
The sales firm headed by industry veterans Adam Prichard and Roger Large is now offering a direct-to-retail service. Licensed 4U’s new service offers foreign publishers and developers a cost-effective route into the UK marketplace. It has already signed MSL Benelux to release DS versions of Tropical Lost Island, Casual Classics …
Read More »Black Ops smashes UK day 1 record
Call of Duty: Black Ops has sold an incredible 1.4m units over just one day in the UK, UKIE/GfK Chart-Track told MCV. That’s 58m in revenue. It marks the biggest day one performance of any game, comfortably beating last year’s Modern Warfare 2 by 14 per cent in units and …
Read More »OPINION: Steam sceptics must be quick
Everyone MCV spoke to about Valve and its towering digital distribution system Steam has been massively positive about it. At first, that is. Admiration and awe is always followed by bitterness, jealousy and, above all, frustration.Steam, simply, is just much, much better than everyone else. Being brilliant tends to attract …
Read More »Tesco trade-in plans go national
Supermarket behemoth Tesco has now rolled out its pre-owned games service to all of its Extra stores.That’s nearly 200 shops across the UK. However, although all Extras will be accepting trade-ins, pre-owned games will only be available to buy in 150 of the firm’s larger outlets. We are continuing to …
Read More »Ceasefire on Q4 price wars…
Anger over trade-ins is on the rise again, as retailers turn to pre-owned to drive sales this Christmas. The expected price war over Call of Duty: Black Ops did not materialise this week, and instead High Street stores were encouraging consumers to trade games in to get the FPS for …
Read More »Black Ops topples Modern Warfare 2 record
Call of Duty: Black Ops has made $360m in one day in the US and UK, besting sales of Modern Warfare 2. The Treyarch-developed FPS has sold 5.6m units across both North America and the UK. Almost a million more than the 4.7m units Modern Warfare 2 sold over the …
Read More »The Hut broadens female reach
The Hut Group has announced it has acquired online health and beauty specialist, the Lookfantastic Group. The acquisition cost 19.4m and will see Lookfantastic’s online stores such as lookfantastic.com, lookmantastic.com and beautysleuth.co.uk integrated into The Hut’s extensive portfolio. As such, the 1m+ predominantly female customer base that Lookfantastic has established …
Read More »Kinect goes on sale in the UK
After all the talk and all the hype, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect is finally on sale in the UK. Following the arrival of Sony’s Move in the UK in September, the launch of Kinect today means that the motion control revolution started by Nintendo last decade has now finally spread …
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