Entries in 'games' (1178)
Five top High Street games stores
MCV and Koch Media round off Independent Retail Month with our final special feature focusing on the sector. This week, we look at five of the UK’s top stores.
David Cameron spends "crazy, scary" amount of time on Fruit Ninja
A senior advisor to the British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that the Tory leader “spends a crazy, scary amount of time playing Fruit Ninja on his iPad”.
Activision thinks Bungie deal may outlive boxed games
Boxed retail may not survive beyond 2019 and perhaps end as early as 2013, Activision believes.
Top Ten TV ad campaigns of 2012 so far
The Xbox 360 Kinect campaign leads the the top ten games and console TV campaigns of the year to date.
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Five fast-growing indie retailers
MCV and Koch Media continue Independent Retail Month with a roundup of five games indies which have grown massively in recent years.
Tretton "opposed to blocking used games"
Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton has admitted that he personally does not support the idea of potentially blocking the use of pre-owned games on next-gen consoles.
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.
HMV U-turns on game plan
Just weeks after telling MCV it will cut the store space dedicated to games, HMV has changed its mind.
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ANALYSIS: Codies' new focus on racing games
Codemasters’ decision to abandon the shooter genre was made last September.
What's driving the decline in games advertising?
The games and consoles TV advertising market is at a five-year low. This market consists of six key sectors, and we’re going to look at which are responsible for the decline.
UK games retail generated £10.45m last week
The launch of Prototype 2 helped the boxed market rise slightly over the prior week, with overall unit sales up five per cent to 441,401 games sold.
Vaz tables FIFTH violent games EDM
Labour MP and long-term opponent of the games industry Keith Vaz has tabled his FIFTH early day motion about violent video games.
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Indie retailer offers £21,000 'PC desk'
Bolton-based PC gaming retailer Scan Computers International is selling a £21,000 PC – which doubles up as a desk.
20 best indie games retailers revealed
MCV has teamed up with distributor Koch Media to kick off Independent Retail Month, starting with a list of 20 of the most successful UK indie games retailers.
Schappert: "Social and mobile games ARE harming console biz"
Forget the recession: our depressed retail market is thanks to pressure from free apps and mobile games.
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Gree acquires Modern War developer Funzio for $210m
Japanese social gaming giant Gree has acquired mobile game developer Funzio in a deal worth $210m.
FEATURE: Bringing Movies to Games Retail
The summer is almost upon and that means a drought for games retailers. With only a handful of big releases to keep us going until late August, sales are expected to dry ...
The relationship between games advertising and sales
Generation Media looks at the year-on-year percentage change in video games advertising and sales of boxed titles.
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Players can once again step behind the lens of a sniper scope in war-torn Berlin with Sniper Elite V2.
Wii U titles to launch retail and digital on day one
Nintendo has stated that first party Wii U games will be available to buy digitally on the same day that they are released at retail.
'Publishers don't want 50 digital retailers'
75 per cent of PC download stores won’t make enough money to justify support from publishers, Gamefly says.
40% of freemium gamers buy IAPs
A new report from NPD has claimed that four out of ten gamers who have played a freemium game have gone on to make an in-game purchase.
Games and consoles TV advertising at five-year low?
This week we review the current state of the games and consoles TV advertising market in 2012 so far, in comparison to the previous five years.
OnLive PlayPack hits 200 games
Streaming games service provider OnLive has announced the addition of the 200th game to its subscription based PlayPack offer.
