Entries in '2012' (125)
Indian video games industry grew 16% in 2012
The Indian games industry grew to Rs 15 billion ($277m) in 2012, recording a growth of 16% over the previous year, the Indian Media and Entertainment Industry Report 2013 has ...
Report: 2012 sees record numbers for mergers and acquisitions
The video games industry saw record consolidation in 2012, with total spending on buyouts and mergers hitting $4.2bn.
MCV Pacific Weekly Wrap-Up
NPD Group has released the sales figures for 2012, showing a further decline in traditional retail sales.
US video games market slips 9% in 2012
The total value of the US video games market declined nine per cent in 2012.
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Warner elated to crack 2012 publisher Top Ten
LEGO has fired Warner Bros into the UK’s ten best-selling publishers by units.
Revealed: 2012's UK Top 100 Video Games
Just two physical games sold over 1m units in the UK last year, according to UKIE and GfK Chart-Track data.
NPD December: Xbox 360, Black Ops 2 top another lackluster month
The NPD has provided its December 2012 report for US retail, as well as a general overview for 2012, and to no one's surprise the numbers show the same old ...
Video games is the star in record year for Kickstarter
2012 was a fantastic year for crowd-funding platform Kickstarter, and video games have emerged as the big winner.
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EA conquers 2012 as UK's No.1 publisher
Electronic Arts was comfortably the UK’s top physical games publisher of 2012.
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.
Metacritic bemoans 2012's lack of quality
Significantly fewer games received an average review score of 90 per cent or above in 2012 than they did in the preceding three years.
2012: Despite it all, look what we achieved
It has been a brutal year for nearly everyone working in the video games business.
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Far Cry 3 claims 2012's last All Formats No.1
Ubisoft has finished 2012 on a high after claiming a double win in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40.
MCV's 11 most read stories of 2012
2012 was, for want of a better word, a veritable BOMB of news, both inside and outside the world of video games.
What the top Google searches say about the industry in 2012
It may come as no surprise that core games and Q4 blockbusters were among the most common search terms of the year when it comes to gaming.
Rayman Jungle Run wins Apple Game of 2012 Award on iPhone
Ubisoft’s expert handling of its Rayman IP on iPhone has been named as Apple’s iPhone Game of the Year for 2012 in the UK.
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The 7 Games That Shaped 2012
End of year lists are ten a penny. Top 20 this. Best 5 that. This is the only list you need.
Retail survey unearths merry mood on the High Street
UK games retailers are surprisingly upbeat in the face of significant market declines.
MCV's 2012 Retail Survey - the results
MCV quizzes over 100 retailers from around the UK – from nationwide specialist chains to independent stores – about the highs and lows of 2012 and their hopes for the ...
How did 2K Games buck the 2012 slump?
2K is enjoying a golden period on the back of Borderlands 2, NBA 2K13 and XCom: Enemy Unknown. The publisher’s president Christoph Hartmann discusses its recent success, next year’s BioShock ...
IN PICTURES: GamesAid charities receive £36k each
GamesAid last night revealed the final winners of its 2012 charity vote.
GamesAid reveals successful 2012 charities
The games industry gave five charities supporting disadvantaged kids big donation cheques this evening.
OPINION: DVD hits £700m so far in 2012, highlighting the challenge for games retail
DVD and Blu-ray have already made more than £700m for UK retail this year.
GamesAid 2012 charity voting now open
The UK video games industry charity GamesAid has named the 14 charitable organisations in the running for GamesAid support in 2012.
Kickstarter: 2012 has been the year of the game
Over the past eight months more than $50m has been put toward game campaigns on Kickstarter.
