Entries in 'Digital' (642)
Get Games grows
Games portal Get Games has expanded with three new publishers on board, a number of new appointments and a redesigned site.
DLC codes not denting pre-owned sales
US analyst Michael Pachter claims that US retailer GameStop has yet to experience any dent to its pre-owned sales in spite of a considerable increase in the number of publishers ...
The complete guide to Gamescom
This year’s Gamescom event will boast more exhibitors from more countries than ever before.
Cale’s digital download experiment
In a frank interview with MCV, System 3 CEO Mark Cale has stated that the challenging nature of modern High Street retail is the driving force behind his new digital ...
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OPINION: The digital PC chart
The introduction of the new digital chart presents a significant milestone for the industry.
Another ‘fresh start’ for Atari
The men currently guiding the troubled ship that is Atari have – once again – outlined the company’s intentions to navigate out of continuously troubled water and back into a ...
OPINION: Online won't cancel retail out
There's a world of contrasts in some of our big stories this week.
GameStop WILL expand UK presence
For years, MCV has asked: Just when will global games giant GameStop finally, properly expand its chain into the UK?
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LittleBigPlanet goes digital
Though we’re accustomed to games once exclusive to PSN making the move to retail, Sony has bucked the trend and moved one of its most important retail releases to its ...
Physical still dwarfing digital sales
A new study entitled ‘The D2 Report: Discs & Digital – The Business of Home Entertainment Retailing’ from the Entertainment Merchants Association claims that traditional boxed product still accounts for ...
Team 17 blasts PSPgo pricing structure
The head of UK developer Team 17 has said that the reason for PSPgo’s struggles has nothing to do with its reliance on digital distribution – instead, it’s down to ...
Boxed PC leads digital by 2.3m
Statistics from American sales analyst NPD claims that the boxed PC games market just managed to out-value digital sales in the US in 2009.
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64% prefer discs to digital
New research claims that consumers consider physical product to be more important in games than in newspapers, films or music.
Pachter: Industry in permanent decline
“We expect investors to remain spooked by the May results, as they are beginning to reinforce the notion that the video game industry is in a state of persistent secular ...
Fable III goes episodic
Speaking at the GameHorizon Conference today, head of Microsoft Game Studios Peter Molyneux has reportedly unveiled that Fable III will be distributed in an episodic format as well as through ...
Sega talks Saturn re-releases
It’s already pillaged its Master System and Mega Drive libraries and turned them into viable digital businesses and it recently announced that the Dreamcast is to receive the same treatment ...
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MCV arrives on iPad
Today marks the launch of the new MCV Magazine iPad app, sponsored by Logic 3, which grants free access to an enhanced digital edition every week.
US: Pre-owned, digital grabs 1/3 of market
New research from US stats body The NPD Group claims that in 2009 US consumers spent a total of $4.5-4.75bn on pre-owned games, game rentals, subscriptions, digitally downloaded games, DLC ...
Ubisoft opens new digital division
Ubisoft is to open a new department focused on digital publishing, appointing former Microsoft casual gaming boss Chris Early.
Publishers wary of the digital goldrush
Games firms are concerned that the digital marketplace isn’t big enough to sustain the number of competitors eyeing the space.
Square unveils digital E3 line-up
Square Enix has announced that four new digital titles will be included in its E3 line-up this year.
Games industry facing ‘first big crisis’
In a chilling warning ahead of the global games industry gathering at E3’s LA Convention Center, Namco Bandai’s VP of sales, marketing and publishing Olivier Comte has outlined what he ...
PS3 to get Games-On-Demand portal?
Having already demonstrated its digital ambitions by releasing PSPgo, the world’s first ever digital-only console, could Sony be about to embark on another digital first in the console market?
U-Sing goes digital
Mindscape takes its first steps into the digital games space next month with the release of U-Sing: Girls’ Night.
Warner appoints digital games chief
In another high-profile nod to the growing importance of digital retail in the video games industry, Warner Interactive has appointed Jeff Junge in the newly created role of senior VP ...
