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ShopTo.net has released the results of a survey claiming the average UK gamer spent 334 last year on their hobby. The survey was conducted via e-mail between the 15th and 17th of June 2012, recieved just over 9,000 responses, with a sampling error of plus or minus seven percent. ShopTo.net …
Read More »Nike becomes the first UK company to have Twitter ads banned
A Twitter advertising campaign organized by Nike has become the first to be banned in the UK. Wayne Rooney and Jack Wilshere – both of whom are sponsored by the sports brand – recently tweeted links and hashtags promoting the Make It Count creative. The first, from the Manchester United …
Read More »UKIE rallies around tax breaks for developers
UK trade body UKIE has called on the games industry for input for a collective response to the government’s new period of consultation on tax breaks policy. The UK Treasurytoday opened a period of consultationwith a view to finalising the details of the proposed Tax Breaks policy. "UKIE’s consultation programme …
Read More »UK CHARTS: FIFA 12 returns to No.1
The excitement of Euro 2012 has no doubt played a big part in FIFA 12’s return to the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track this week. It would be fascinating to know how many of those customers forked out the additional 15 for the Euro 2012 DLC, too. It’s the …
Read More »Xbox holds firm on price
Microsoft’s comfortable lead over the competition means it’s not ready to cut Xbox prices yet. The firm went all out on current-gen demos at E3 last week – so no next-gen talk, and no price drop for 360. The success we enjoy year-on-year encourages us to think we’re competitively priced …
Read More »UK games retail sales down 38% in May
The tough times continue for UK games retail, with the latest Chart-Track data showing the market fell 38 per cent last month. 1.8m games were sold in May, generating 45.5m. Both of those figures are almost 40 per cent down compared with the same period in 2011. For the third …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Ghost Recon top in largely static Top 40
It’s three weeks and counting at the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week for Ubisoft’s Tom Clancy Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. It holds on to the top spot despite a 48 per cent week-on-week fall in sales. It joins an exclusive club of titles …
Read More »O2 to block Pirate Bay from midnight tonight
Broadband provider O2 will from midnight tonight (Friday May 8th) block access to The Pirate Bay. The move will also mean that customers of Be Broadband, a subsidiary of O2, will also have their access blocked. "The main UK internet providers were ordered by the high court to block access …
Read More »NPD: UK’s Q4 used games market was £90m
British gamers spent nearly 100m on pre-owned software during Q4 2011. According to NPD data shared with MCV, $141.9m (90m) went on used game purchases during Christmas. That’s just ten per cent of the 780m GfK Chart-Track reports was spent on new boxed video games in the same period. The …
Read More »E3 PREVIEW: The UK’s most wanted
MCVasks journalists which titles they’re most looking forward to getting their hands on in Los Angeles… Dave Cook -Games Editor, NowGamerI’m most looking forward to Call of Duty: Black Ops II, which sounds a bit naff, but I’m genuinely interested to see what the time-skip to the near future will …
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