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The 1990s. The Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive. The Game Boy and the Gamegear (or the Atari Lynx, if you like). If you were one of the millions of people that owned one of former pair and one of the latter pair then congratulations, you still fit the bill …
Read More »Media games outrages reach their inevitable conclusion with astounding cancer headline in The Mirror
TV & COMPUTER CRAZE IS GIVING KIDS CANCER” You see, the mistake The Mirror has made with today’s front page headline is leaving itself nowhere else to go. Once games give you cancer, there’s little scope left for a more sensational angle. TV & COMPUTER CRAZE TURNING KIDS INTO PEADOPHILES” …
Read More »FIFA 13 grabs its fifth UK No.1
Having dropped off the top of the listings back in October, EA’s FIFA 13 is back at the top of the Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It’s the game’s fifth No.1 since it was released last September. It has yet to drop below 4th place. Last week’s No.1, Ubisoft’s …
Read More »Del Toro in talks with "very big company" over InSane game trilogy
Being dropped by the troubled THQ was not the end of the road of Guillermo del Toro’s InSane trilogy, it seems. The revered film-maker and game fan has revealed that he’s in talks with a major player to bring the in-development games to market. We are in talks with a …
Read More »THQ sale in turmoil as creditors raise concerns
Creditors of troubled publisher THQ have filed complaints about the proposed sale to Clearlake Capital Group. THQ was declared bankrupt last month and immediately announced that it had agreed a sale to Clearlake in a stalking horse bidder” deal. However, US Trustee Roberta DeAngelis, who is overseeing the bankruptcy, has …
Read More »50 things to look forward to in 2013
MCV runs through the biggest releases and events that will grow the industry over the next 12 months. 1. Grand Theft Auto VWatch out Call of Duty, the previous ‘biggest entertainment launch of all time’ wants its crown back. Rockstar has drip fed information about its next game to the …
Read More »Console sales down by a third in 2012
Sales of video games consoles in 2012 fell 33.1 per cent year-on-year. Handheld sales dropped 31.3 per cent, despite the arrival of PlayStation Vita and 3DS XL. The portable sector is a market potentially hit by the booming sales of tablets and smartphones. Home console sales were down by 34.1 …
Read More »OPINION: New Year’s Revolution – 2013 is the year where everyone is a retailer
Fresh data this week suggests the worst: selling video games in the UK during 2012 was a storm of recession and poor momentum. Total software sales were down 17.6 per cent overall. Modest gains in digital sales, up 7.7 per cent to 552m, was not enough to cover the 26.4 …
Read More »New Year, new start despite 2012 washout
The UK games industry is hoping for a brighter 2013 after last year’s software sales fell by almost 400m. 39.5m physical games were sold over the last 12 months, 15m fewer than in 2011. This generated 1bn, a drop of 26.4 per cent year-on-year. According to IHS?Screen Digest, UK?digital game …
Read More »Connecticut town paying residents to destroy violent video games
The tragedy of the Newtown school shooting is at risk of claiming another undeserved victim – video games. Polygon reports that residents of Southington, a small community around 30 miles from the site of last month’s horrific shooting, has launched what it is calling The Violent Video Games Return Program. …
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