Entries in 'data' (43)
NPD says total US games market was over $1bn in April
The money generated from overall game sales in the US during April has been estimated at a whopping $1bn.
Kingston Uni urges Metro to run "Xbox paedophile predators" correction
The Professor behind the study that led to Metro’s sensational “Xbox paedophile predators” last week has stated that the paper misinterpreted its findings.
US authorities to track suspects using games consoles
Big Brother is watching. Specifically, he’s watching what you’re doing on your consoles.
UK games retail generated £17.9m last week
The UK games retail market rallied last week thanks to the release of EA’s Mass Effect 3 and Capcom’s Street Fighter X Tekken.
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Bungie passes Halo duties to 343 next month
All Bungie-developed Halo games will have their online data handed over to Microsoft’s 343 studio on March 31st.
Software Sales Monitor: Market dips to £48.6m
The UK games retail market generated £48.6m in the post-Christmas week – a drop of 45 per cent over the week before.
Friday's Five-Second Facts
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.
UK CHARTS: November 2011
At last, UK games retail has reason to cheer following a strong month of sales. But November wasn’t all about Call of Duty:?Modern Warfare 3 and Assassin’s Creed:?Revelations.
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US retail game sales reach $3bn in November
The US games retail market generated $3bn overall in November representing a year-on-year rise of 0.4 per cent.
Government had "no data" when formulating Digital Economy Act
The UK Government has amazingly admitted that it made no attempt to gather its own evidence when formulating its anti-piracy plans that were included in the controversial Digital Economy Bill.
Valve confirms Steam hacker attack
Valve has confirmed rumours circulating earlier this week that hackers have compromised the Steam network and, most worryingly, a database of information and personal data was compromised.
MCV GameTime: Industry TV advertising monitor (wk ending October 16th)
We look at recent TV advertising activity for games and the leading campaigns for the week ending October 16th year-on-year.
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Friday's Five-Second Facts
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.
US games market down again
The US video games market suffered yet another month of decline in September, according to the latest data from NPD.
Using OnLive downloads around 3GB of data per hour
Estimates from a number of online sources claim that playing games via new streaming service OnLive consumes between 2GB and 3GB every hour.
EA Legends makes gamers the commodity
Hardware, IP, technologies, delivery platforms – there are several aspects of the games business that are profitable for publishers. But lest we forget the newest: the consumer.
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Friday's Five-Second Facts
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.
Brand Map: Gran Turismo
This week we’re going to look at Gran Turismo using the GameVision Brand Map you can buy direct from MCV Reports.
GameStop reverses Mercenaries block
In the latest twist in what is becoming a somewhat untidy saga, retailer GameStop has reversed a decision to block consumers from trading in copies of 3DS title Resident Evil: ...
Resi Evil clear for pre-owned market
Capcom has told MCV that the second hand trade-in value of 3DS title Resident Evil: The Mercenaries will not be dented by the game's strict data management options.
PSN data linked to LulzSec arrest
The teenager arrested in connection with a recent craze of website hacks will have his possessions examined for evidence linking him to the PSN attack, Scotland Yard has told Develop.
Has LulzSec hacked the UK Census?
Forget everything that has gone before. If rumours of LulzSec's latest hack are proven to be true, the group may just have made a politically significant assault.
Did Sony hold out about PSN outage?
The Japanese government has reportedly accused Sony of deliberately keeping quiet about the attack on its PlayStation Network.
Greek data loss confirmed by Sony
Sony has confirmed reports of a security breach on some of its Greek Sony Music Entertainment sites.
Sony suffers new data loss
PSN remains online, but it seems that hackers are not letting up on their tirade against PlayStation platform holder Sony.
