Tag Archives: video games

With the likes of the 3D-ready Killzone 3 (and the predicted 3D revamp of Gran Turismo 5) expected to feature big at next month’s E3, Sony has admitted that the market for 3D games is tiny – for the time being. I think this year the actual size of the …

Rockstar Games must have missed the memo that the games market is supposed to be struggling. In the face of a heatwave and miserly customers, the firm this week shifted hundreds of thousands of Red Dead Redemption to secure the biggest opening of a single game so far in 2010. And …

Richard Branson’s next venture will be called Virgin Gaming. Details still remain sketchy ahead of a formal launch event at E3 later this month, but MCV can this week reveal the name and logo for what has become one of the biggest stories of the year, and which we exclusively …

In a sensational report that would have even The Daily Mail recoiling in horror and disgust, a story in The Lancashire Evening Post – as spotted by CVG – has likened video game ‘addiction’ to taking cocaine. Counsellor Steve Pope told the paper: A lot of young people get themselves …

EA’s three-month stay at the top of the UK monthly charts is at an end as Ubisoft is declared the biggest publisher in April, according to GfK Chart-Track. It was a tough month for the UK games industry. In terms of value the market is down 22.2 per cent compared …

Rob Dyer, Sony’s American senior VP of publisher relations, has confessed that years of missing out on any return from the sales of pre-owned games has been very frustrating”. However, the exec still has reservations about the DLC code movement being pursued by a number of games publishers. You can …

Killzone 2 has been awarded the inaugural Ivor Novello Award for best original video game score. The soundtrack to the Guerilla Games title, composed by Joris de Man, won the inaugural games-facing award at the event which rewards song writers and composers for their work in various fields. It was …

Having revealed last year that it was to consider illegalising the sale of violent video games, the German government has confirmed that it is to abandon the plans. Game Politics reports that the decision follows a successful campaign that saw the submission of a 73,000 signature strong petition. The document …

As the number of publishers choosing to lock out content from players buying pre-owned games continues to swell, retailer GameStop has insisted that second hand games still have a bright future. We support the creation of added downloadable content for popular franchises, as we see that as extending the life …

Global entrepreneur Richard Branson is set to surprise the industry when his Virgin brand returns to games next month. While the company hasn’t confirmed the news direct (although our source is watertight), I reckon Virgin’s move into online gaming proves two things. Firstly, it speaks to the relative stability, attractiveness …