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The man behind the report that formed the basis of Metro’s absurd anti-gaming story this morning has slammed the paper’s reporting of it. Of the headline claiming Gamers ‘can’t tell real world from fantasy’”, Nottingham Trent University’s Professor Mark Griffith told Spong: "For one thing, we never said that in …
Read More »Gaming giants sign up to London MCM Expo
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Saints Row 3 and The Darkness 2 will be amongst the blockbuster games on show at this October’s London MCM Expo. It follows news that Warner Bros’ Batman: Arkham City will be the headline sponsor for the anime, movies, comic, sci-fi and video game consumer show. The …
Read More »Metro "can’t tell real world from fantasy"
Hardcore gamers become so immersed in virtual worlds that they turn to imaginary consoles to ‘zoom in’ to people in crowds or to pick things up from the floor.” That’s the opening to today’s Metro games-bashing piece. What it means MCV can’t tell you. If you have any idea than …
Read More »Metro plans News of the Worldstyle phone tapping spree
Well, it doesn’t. But that’s a great headline, isn’t it? As was astutely pointed out by Premier PR’s Gareth Williams on Twitter this morning, Oh dear, the Metro. Rockstar surely must be as bored of this as we are?”. This morning’s copy of freesheet Metro tells the tragic tale of …
Read More »New games buyer Scott joins Comet
Lucy Scott has been named as Comet’s new games buyer. She replaces Azeem Sadiq who has moved categories to Vision Essentials, Home AV and digital services. Scott joins from Argos, where she worked for over four years on categories including jewellery, gifts, luggages, DVDs and DIY. I’m very happy to …
Read More »EA: ‘Retail is still relevant to digital market’
EA may be investing heavily in digital businesses, but that doesn’t mean retail will be left out. It’s a familiar message, but one reiterated by EA Europe head Jens Uwe Intat during an interview with MCV – and it’s all the more relevant in a year where EA bought casual …
Read More »GameStop: Breaking streets dates is not part of our plan
The UK arm of retailer GameStop has insisted that it intends to observe street dates in the future. Some customers who pre-ordered Gears of War 3 last week received their copies as early as Saturday (September 17th) – complete with a note requesting that users refrain from playing until tonight. …
Read More »GameStop’s cheeky answer to online early selling
Online retail’s tendency to ship games early has irked its High Street rivals for years, but a new trick from GameStop hopes to protect the seller from accusations of early selling. It appears that GameStop.co.uk has already shipped some copies of Gears of War 3, with some customers receiving the …
Read More »Simon Harvey returns with Bosh
A new entertainment commercial and marketing broker, Bosh Entertainment, has launched – with the former Barrington Harvey chief at the helm. Simon Harvey has teamed up with US-based marketing wiz Tina Vukovic, who has worked for Sony Music and Geffen.The new firm hopes to use its media and marketing expertise …
Read More »New interactive honour is ‘the Turner Prize of games’
Video games will get an accolade that wants to be our equivalent of the Turner, Mercury or Booker prize. While art, music and literature have their own annual prizes picking the best single creation of the year, games do not. So next month organisers of the October GameCity Festival in …
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