Entries in 'entertainment' (107)
Blizzard Entertainment skips E3 2012
World of Warcraft developer-publisher Blizzard will not have a floor presence at this year’s E3, a company rep has told MCV.
Inside Xbox UK scrapped
Microsoft has cancelled Inside Xbox in the UK and Europe after it axed the service in the US last week.
Future reshuffles senior Entertainment team
UK media group Future Publishing has made a number of changes to the senior management team for its Entertainment brands.
Diablo III
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Xbox Live apps free for four days
Microsoft is letting Xbox 360 owners access entertainment apps such as Netflix for free from April 20th until April 23rd.
Entertainment overtakes gaming in Xbox 360 usage
US Xbox 360 owners are now spending more time using Xbox 360’s multimedia functions than they are gaming.
Brand Map: 31 per cent of Diablo players are female
Almost a third of all Diablo players are female, a new report shows.
Bioshock film loses director
Negotiations for the movie adaptation of BioShock have seen very little forward movement since its reveal back in 2008. Now the film appears to have taken another step back with ...
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Vevo music app launches on Xbox Live
Xbox 360 owners can now access music video application Vevo in the UK, US, Canada and Ireland.
Time called on four SOE MMOs
Sony Online Entertainment is to cease four of its onlne titles at the end of the month, it has been revealed.
INTERVIEW: Do video games have a future at HMV?
Yes, says CEO Simon Fox, but there will be sacrifices. Christopher Dring visits HMV’s offices to find out how its attitude towards gaming has changed.
HMV slams 'idiotic' offshore tax dodging
It is ‘absolutely nuts’ online retailers can avoid tax so easily, says HMV.
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Amazon is the UK's No.1 entertainment retailer
New numbers from Kantar Worldpanel suggest that Amazon overtook HMV in the three months ending December 25th to become the UK’s biggest entertainment retailer for the first time.
MMO stalwart EverQuest making F2P switch
Nearly 13 years after it first hit the market, Sony Online Entertainment has decided to convert EverQuest into a free-to-play title.
360 dash app usage rises 50%
The amount of consumers using entertainment apps on Xbox Live globally increased by 50 per cent from November to December.
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Zoo Entertainment delisted from NASDAQ
Indie and mobile games publisher Zoo Entertainment has been delisted from the Nasdaq stock exchange after not honouring a 45-day warning.
Modern Warfare 3 sets 5-day entertainment record
Activision has named a number of entertainment and retail stats demonstrating the monstrous success that is record breaker Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
Roles axed at Tesco's non-food operations
The UK’s most powerful retailer Tesco is to cut an estimated 34 roles from its non-food department.
Xbox division posts another quarter of growth
Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division has reported another annual revenue increase, though falling Xbox 360 sales hint that perhaps thoughts in some quarters have turned to the next generation.
Sainsbury's plots £1m digital retail push
Sainsbury's has bought online entertainment company Global Media Vault for £1 million.
Games hardest hit as entertainment retailers struggle
It has been a bleak year for music and films so far, but it’s video games that have suffered the most.
Sony rebrands its online services
As of today Sony has gathered its numerous online services under a new, single brand – Sony Entertainment Network.
300,000 depart World of Warcraft
The number of paying subscribers for World of Warcraft fell to 11.1m between May and July, but Blizzard has plans to reverse the downturn.
OPINION: Diablo III auctions a smart move against gold farmers
By introducing real money auctions for virtual items in Diablo III Blizzard has upped its game in the fight against illegal 'gold farmers'.
