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SCEE has announced that PS3 platformer Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One will be launched in PAL regions from Wednesday October 19th. In all likelihood that means a UK release on Friday October 21st. It will be released in the US on October 18th. Sony has also confirmed that a …
Read More »UK wins partner deal with Gamescom
The UK has been appointed as official partner country for this year’s Gamescom event in Cologne. Organiser Koelnmesse and German trade body the BIU announced the deal this afternoon, giving a huge lift to the British market as all of Europe and beyond prepares for the show in August. Last …
Read More »Forget Canada, UK is top dog at Gamescom
British games market fights back thanks to TIGA and UKT&I
Read More »Can LA Noire arrest the markets decline?
UK retail hopes L.A. Noire can breathe new life into struggling software sales. The UK games market is down significantly year-on-year. But with Rockstar’s hyped new IP due today (Friday, May 20th), expectations are high for a May sales surge. The current levelling off in the games market hasn’t been helped …
Read More »OPINION: Britain’s wake-up call
Occaisionally, scary headlines in MCV are, I’ll be the first to admit, just that. A wild quote from a speculative pundit about the death of consoles, another throe in retail’s boom-bust-boom-bang-a-bang cycle, the unlikely story of a DIY store developing its own games… we’ve covered them all. But this week’s …
Read More »Pirates leads LEGO armada in UK charts
Games based on the LEGO toy brand continue to build in strength with four titles in the UK Top 40. Disney’s LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean sailed to No.2 in its debut week, pipped to the top spot by Brink. LEGO Pirates sits five places ahead of LucasArts’ LEGO Star …
Read More »Sega ‘staggered’ by UK games retail decline
The UK is losing ground internationally as retail struggles and slows, Sega has warned. Mike Hayes, the CEO of Sega’s Western publishing empire, this week revealed to MCV he was staggered” by how rapidly UK games retail is contracting. He said the UK is half as valuable to Sega as …
Read More »Portal bosses UK April games charts
The critical and commercial star of April was unquestionably Portal 2 by Valve and published by EA. But perhaps the real success story came from 505 Games. The publisher’s Zumba Fitness rose from No.9 in the previous month’s charts to No.2 in April, largely driven by the Wii SKU. The game …
Read More »Modern Warfare 3 date is official
Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will, as everyone had suspected, be released worldwide on November 8th. The online arm of retailer GAME is now carrying a splash page for the game. Customers can also pre-order the title. A number of other retailers have opened pre-orders, too, including ShopTo …
Read More »Top 20 UK indie retailers revealed
With the price of games becoming increasingly competitive between retailers, it’s not the easiest time to be an independent. But many indie stores and chains are still continuing to shine through innovation and by embracing new business avenues. These include the top 20 UK indies of 2011, revealed this week by …
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