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The future or just a flash in the pan? Either way, the OnLive journey is going to be a fascinating one and today’s the day the service finally launches in the UK. Subscriptions to OnLive will cost 6.99 a month. For that money you get free access to the majority …
Read More »UK CHARTS: August 2011
The fact that Deus Ex is No.2 after just two days on sale says as much about the state of UK games retail as it does about the performance of the Square Enix RPG. A lack of new games saw retail sales plunge last month, down 19.5 per cent over …
Read More »CryEngine 3 powering Homefront 2
The Homefront 2 project will be created with Crytek’s cutting-edge game platform CryEngine 3, the company has told Develop. Crytek also confirmed that its UK subsidiary studio, based in Nottingham, will lead the project. Crytek UK is rumoured to be working on TimeSplitters 4. With Homefront 2’s 2014 release date, …
Read More »Amazon App Store arrives in UK
Amazon’s Android App Store has begun rolling out world wide after the service first launched in the US in March. Amazon have yet to officially announce the move but a number of Amazon customers have reported that the firm’s Android shop is taking orders in Europe and in Australia. The …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Dead Island unmoved at No.1
Deep Silver’s console and PC title Dead Island has claimed its second week at No.1 in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It does so despite a shortage of copies on the High Street – and some retailers hiking the price to take advantage of the demand. It …
Read More »OPINION: Fergal Gara & SCE UK; Dead Island’s success; GameCity prize
Over THE past few weeks we’ve reported on managerial role changes at Microsoft, Activision, HMV, Disney and Comet. But the biggest move we broke on MCVuk.com last week: the appointment of top Asda man Fergal Gara as new chief of SCE UK.He’s signed up for a closely-watched gig. Only weeks …
Read More »UK Software Sales Monitor: Market jumps to £17.6m
The weekly games software market value hit 17.6m this week – up 28 per cent over the 13.7m generated last week. Game unit sales leapt 11 per cent to 687,610. It’s the best performance for the boxed games industry in the past month, with Dead Island and Warhammer 40,000: Space …
Read More »UK release date for Final Fantasy XIII-2 announced
Square Enix has announced the release dates for PS3 and Xbox 360 RPG Final Fantasy XIII-2 in every key territory. The long-awaited title will arrive in Europe on February 3rd, NowGamer reports. The game will arrive first in Japan on December 15th. It will subsequently be released in America on …
Read More »Dead Island ships 1m in US
Publisher Deep Silver has announced that it has now shipped 1m units of console and PC hit Dead Island in the US. Furthermore, it expects to have shipped 2m units of the game worldwide by the end of the week. "We’re thrilled at the retail reception Dead Island has achieved …
Read More »Deep Silver Dead pleased with first No.1
Koch Media’s publishing label Deep Silver scored its first ever No.1 this week with Dead Island. Its victory marks the end of an aggressive campaign by Koch, which started with a cinematic teaser in February. We’ve handled titles that hit No.1 in the UK, but never where we acted as …
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