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Retail is in a pretty miserable state at the moment.Putting aside the ‘challenging’ market for games, and looking at the broader High Street landscape is heart-wrenching. A wander around my home town or the town that houses MCV Towers and you will see shop after shop empty. To Let and For …
Read More »Games get Argos TV billing
Games products have made their way onto Argos’ brand new TV channel. The 24-hour retail service went live on June 15th on Sky channel 642 and at www.argos.co.uk/tv. A range of Argos’ 40,000 products will be presented on the show including games. Viewers can either buy online, over the phone …
Read More »Games industry wins US court battle
The American video games industry has today emerged victorious in its six-year battle with Californian authorities. The US Supreme Court today ruled in favour of gaming in the case entitled Brown, Governor of California et al vs Entertainment Merchants Association et al. This means gaming is now safe from the …
Read More »Summer release slate dries up
UK games retail is bracing itself for one of its toughest summers in recent years. July and August are traditionally the slow months, and this year there are just 50 new titles due during those months. Retailers have told MCV they are instead focusing on the Q4 line-up, readying in-store demos …
Read More »Google hunting for Games manager
Internet and corporate giant Google looks to be very much on track for its long-rumoured assault on the games market. A new job listing from the firm seeks a ‘games product manager’ based in California. "Rare opportunity to grow a brand-new business – Games at Google!" the description reads. "We …
Read More »1m dance games sold every month
The lucrative dancing game genre shows no signs of slowing down. Over 1m dance games are sold globally every month, according to MCV research. That includes 12m Just Dance games, over 3m copies of Michael Jackson, 2.5m copies of Microsoft’s Dance Central and 2m units of 505 Games’ Zumba Fitness. …
Read More »$40 iOS games possible, says Zelnick
Apple’s App Store pricing has single handedly rocked the foundations of the traditional games market, but Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says full-price $40 software could yet prevail on the platform. "I don’t see why not," he told Forbes when asked if it’s possible to charge $40 for a tablet game. …
Read More »Games credited for crime drop
In a rare bit of positive news coverage for the sector, a piece penned by BBC News Washington DC correspondent Tom Geoghegan has named games as one of the key reasons why crime has declined in the US. Recent FBI figures show a sharp drop in murder and robbery rates …
Read More »Obama: ‘Turn off the video games’
It was Fathers’ Day yesterday. It’s the one day of the year when dads across the world are in theory given licence to ignore their endless list of chores for 24 hours and put their feet up. Unless you’re an American. If you’re from the good ol’ US of A …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Zumba back at No.1
505 Games’ Zumba Fitness has seen off the competition this week to claim its fourth UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats No.1 of the year thanks to a 43 per cent week-on-week sales spike. Last week’s No.1, 2K Games’ Duke Nukem Forever, has to settle for third place as Nintendo’s 3DS …
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