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Ubisoft MIA from GAME Vita launch line-up
UK retailer GAME will not be selling any of Ubisoft’s PlayStation Vita launch titles.
UPDATED: Vita game downloads - complete UK price list
Sony has at last released the complete UK digital launch line-up for PlayStation Vita and, interestingly, Sony has chosen not to mirror its overseas strategy and has priced the digital ...
RETAIL BIZ: Vita's launch hits
Sony’s PlayStation Vita comes to market this Wednesday with a stellar launch line-up that should appeal to a wide range of fans.
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MCV GameTime: Industry TV advertising monitor (wk ending January 29th)
2012 started brightly for games and consoles TV advertising. The first two full weeks produced remarkable year-on-year growth (52 per cent and 2,498 per cent).
Friday's Five-Second Facts
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.
Software Sales Monitor: Market generates £12.7m
The arrival of several big new releases wasn’t enough to help grow the market week-on-week, with the UK games retail market value falling 14 per cent to £12.7m.
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.
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Ubisoft targets big slice of Vita market share
Publisher Ubisoft hopes to grab a hefty chunk of PS Vita’s software sales with five launch games.
Top five kids gaming sites' share of TV ad market
Children's social gaming sites such as Moshi Monsters accounted for almost ten per cent of all video game TV advertising last month.
HMV: 'We'd still be No.1 if not for games'
HMV says a report claiming Amazon is now the UK’s No.1 entertainment retailer is “misleading”, as it takes game sales into account.
India games chain to open 150 stores
An Indian games retailer hopes to have over 150 outlets in operation by 2015.
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The Darkness II ad plan revealed
2K Games is targeting fans of horror movies and sci-fi nuts with its marketing plan for The Darkness II.
D3P nabs DreamWorks games licence
D3Publisher has acquired the rights to publish games based on DreamWorks movie IPs, following THQ’s retreat from the sector.
Games becomes second-fastest growing TV ad sector
Video games has become the second fastest growing TV advertising market in the UK, behind office equipment.
The Darkness II
Retail Previews in UK RETAIL Sponsored by Gioteck
The Darkness provides a more twisted take on the FPS genre.
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Take-Two enthusiasm points to GTA V Xmas release
Take-Two reckons its financial 2013 will be one of its ‘best year ever’, hinting at a Christmas release for Grand Theft Auto V.
Software Sales Monitor: Market generates £12.1m
The UK games retail market remained steady with £12.1m generated from video game sales – the same as the week prior.
Friday's Five-Second Facts
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.
Disney acquires majority stake in UTV
The Walt Disney Company has obtained a controlling stake in UTV including the media firm’s games publishing arm UTV Ignition.
Bigpoint hits 250m-player milestone
More than 250m users have signed up for Bigpoint’s free-to-play PC browser games in the ten years it has been producing them.
FEATURE: Does gaming need 3D?
3D technology in the home has yet to achieve mass penetration in any sector. Sales of compatible TVs may be increasing, but they have yet to claim a majority of households.
Games advertising jumps year-on-year
An upbeat start to 2012 has seen games and consoles TV advertising increase 28 per cent year-on-year.
Software Sales Monitor: Market drops 13.6%
The UK games retail market generated £12.1m for the week ending January 21st – a 13.6 per cent decrease over the £14m made the week prior.
Friday's Five-Second Facts
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.
