Entries in 'Digital' (647)
Mass Effect 3 gets Origin-exclusive content
Publisher EA is making good on its promise to reward those who shun rival retailers and buy direct from its own portal by dishing out freebies with upcoming RPG Mass ...
Digital gamers spend £24 a month
Gamers are spending over £20 every month on digital content. MCV’s survey into the habits and opinions of download-loving gamers showed that on average regular users of these services spend ...
RebelPlay formed by ex-Sony men
Two former Sony development stalwarts, Leo Cubbin and Phil Gaskell, have joined forces to create a new digital publisher that offers indie teams an alternative route to market.
Core leadership under threat
The rising market in what stat trackers NPD 'digital gamers' is threatening to overthrow hardcore gamers as the most active segment in the market.
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Infamous 2 gets digital release
Continuing its experiments with early digital releases, Sony has made Infamous 2 available to download via PSN.
Portal 2 passes 3m sales
Valve's recent release and critical hit Portal 2 has now sold in excess of 3m copies.
Steam introduces free-to-play games
The first wave of free-to-play games have now gone live on Steam.
E3 2011: Xbox Live 'too closed' for Dust 514
Xbox Live is too closed for the developer of PS3 exclusive Dust 514.
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SONY: Dust 514 is free on PS3
Developer CCP has placed a rather big feather in the PS3's hat by confirming that shooter Dust 514 will be exclusive to Sony's console.
Digital chart plan at last?
The International Software Federation of Europe has vowed to solve the digital market research crisis – by sourcing data from gamers.
Fox praises GAME's digital strategy
HMV CEO Simon Fox has hailed GAME’s digital plans, telling MCV that the specialist “is absolutely doing the right things”.
Heath backs call for digital charts
Publishers must make sales figures of downloadable games public if the industry is to prosper.
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Batman to star in new FPS
Warner has lifted the lid on an unlikely new video game outing for The Caped Crusader.
UK digital music spend hits £1bn
Over £1.014m has been spent on downloading songs in the UK since 2004.
360 Games on Demand gets first import titles
Cult Japanese shooter develop Cave has announced that 2D shooter Deathsmiles is to be released digitally on Xbox 360 in the US.
'Extraordinary losses' warning from Square Enix
Square Enix has drastically revised its predicted losses for the fiscal year ending March 31st.
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Second delay for 3DS e-portal
Having already suffered one delay, Nintendo has confirmed another change of plans for its 3DS digital downloads portal.
Capcom introduces Smurfs DLC cap
Players of Capcom's hit iOS title Smurf's Village will, once having installed the latest update, find that the game has introduced a cap on the game's micro-transactions.
Is there room for indie retailers in digital?
A host of independent retailers have told MCV they want to sell downloadable games.
Mobile games claim half of all game downloads
Digital games downloads for mobile games devices now account for around half of all full game downloads.
Remedy CEO wants an end to games retail
An all-encompassing shift to digital distribution would be a forwards step for the games industry, the boss of Finnish studio Remedy has declared.
Sega: ‘Digital helps us reach new territories’
Publisher Sega is seeing its investment into the digital space pay off.
Digital boosting games merchandise
Digital games are changing the merchandising business by bridging the gap between physical and virtual goods. For example, most Moshi Monsters toys are accompanied by a promotional code that offers ...
Digital sales soar at GAME
Digital may remain one of the stiffest challenges for High Street retail, but GAME's attempts to tap into the growing market have so far proved successful.
OPINION: Letting off Steam
Committed readers of MCV will know that the contrast between last week’s cover stories and this week’s couldn’t be starker.
