Entries in 'industry' (102)

UKIE: Digital Chart coming February

UKIE: Digital Chart coming February

Industry body UKIE has announced a digital chart for PC games will be published next month, two years after it began the project.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Jan 24th 2012 at 5:19PM in News
Software Sales Monitor: Market shrinks by a third

Software Sales Monitor: Market shrinks by a third

It wasn’t a great week for UK games retail, with the market shrinking by a third. £14m was generated from game sales overall which is almost £7m less than last ...

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Jan 20th 2012 at 9:28AM in News
Five-Second Facts

Five-Second Facts

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Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Jan 20th 2012 at 9:00AM in News
The biggest Christmas 2011 games TV ad campaigns

The biggest Christmas 2011 games TV ad campaigns

Games and consoles TV advertising focused heavily on the broader family market in the week leading up to Christmas, as demonstrated by these Top Ten campaigns.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Jan 13th 2012 at 4:06PM in News

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Five-Second Facts

Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Jan 13th 2012 at 9:25AM in News
Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Jan 6th 2012 at 9:32AM in News
Best Games of 2011 - Industry Picks

Best Games of 2011 - Industry Picks

We all know which games you liked the most this year – we only have to look at the charts to figure that out. But what about the people that ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 27th 2011 at 9:00AM in News
Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Dec 16th 2011 at 12:04PM in News

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Watch the Xmas Industry Fight Club here

Watch the Xmas Industry Fight Club here

Namco Bandai and Capcom's Xmas Industry Fight Club takes place tonight (December 2nd).

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Dec 2nd 2011 at 10:12AM in News
Software Sales Monitor: Market makes £54.6m

Software Sales Monitor: Market makes £54.6m

The market value dipped ten per cent to £54.6m, down from last week’s £60.9m. That’s still a huge amount and should increase as Christmas approaches.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Dec 2nd 2011 at 9:45AM in News
Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Nov 18th 2011 at 3:01PM in News
Zelda: Industry's magic moments

Zelda: Industry's magic moments

The UK games trade shares its favourite Legend of Zelda moments including GAME's Ian Shepherd, Capcom's David Reeves, Ubisoft's Murray Pannell and more.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Nov 18th 2011 at 11:54AM in News

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Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

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Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Nov 11th 2011 at 3:24PM in News
Software Sales Monitor: Market dips 19%

Software Sales Monitor: Market dips 19%

The boxed games market value fell to £31.7m this week down from last week’s £39.1m – a change of 18.9 per cent.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Nov 10th 2011 at 11:22AM in News
Software Sales Monitor: Market jumps 36%

Software Sales Monitor: Market jumps 36%

It was a big week for the UK games market, with the total value up by 36 per cent to £39.1m, and unit sales up by 31 per cent to ...

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Nov 3rd 2011 at 3:00PM in News
QA Profile: U-Trax

QA Profile: U-Trax

MCV sits down with U-Trax president Richard van der Giessen about the state of the localisation and quality assurance sector.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Oct 4th 2011 at 11:05AM in News

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Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

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Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Sep 16th 2011 at 2:45PM in News
UK Software Sales Monitor: Market jumps to £17.6m

UK Software Sales Monitor: Market jumps to £17.6m

The weekly games software market value hit £17.6m this week – up 28 per cent over the £13.7m generated last week.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Sep 15th 2011 at 6:00PM in News
Brand Map: LittleBigPlanet

Brand Map: LittleBigPlanet

With the Move patch for LittleBigPlanet going live recently, GameVision looks at the ongoing success of this relatively recent IP. 

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Sep 15th 2011 at 5:44PM in News
UK Software Sales Monitor: Market makes £13.7m

UK Software Sales Monitor: Market makes £13.7m

The UK games market slipped slightly this week, down six per cent in value to £13.7m and five per cent in units to 619,538.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Sep 8th 2011 at 2:10PM in News
Activision calls for calm in EA feud

Activision calls for calm in EA feud

GAMESCOM: The games industry is no stranger to public bickering. And as much as the media (secretly) loves it, Activision publishing boss Eric Hirshberg has called for calm.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 18th 2011 at 3:39PM in News
Games industry must "come together" to deal with riot fallout

Games industry must "come together" to deal with riot fallout

With more violence and looting likely to come, one leading UK industry figure has called for the industry to unite in the face of unprecedented High Street disruption.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 9th 2011 at 12:27PM in News
Five-Second Facts

Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats that MCV has put together so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Aug 8th 2011 at 11:55AM in News
Gaming a significant part of AU entertainment sector growth

Gaming a significant part of AU entertainment sector growth

According to The Australian's coverage of the PriceWaterhouseCoopers Outlook 2011 report, gaming in Australia is set to have compound growth of 9.5% by 2015.

Leigh Harris
by Leigh Harris
on Aug 1st 2011 at 8:12AM in News
Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats that MCV has put together so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Jul 29th 2011 at 1:30PM in News