Entries in 'review' (89)
MS expects critical and commercial mismatch
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has admitted that the review scores for some of its Kinect launch titles are unlikely to match the adulation given to the likes of Halo ...
Gamescom 2010 Review
This year’s Gamescom pulled in a record 254,000 visitors – 9,000 more than last year’s show. It also played host to 505 exhibitors attending the event in Cologne, up from ...
Reviews ‘more important than price’
Consumers are more likely to base their buying decisions on review scores than on price, a new Moving Minds report from branding specialist Kinetic claims.
GAME cuts some staff hours
Retailer GAME has made its first moves following the staff consultation period it entered into last month, with some employees seeing their contracted hours reduced.
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Byron wants new online report
As part of her progress report on her 2008 Byron Review, Dr Tanya Byron has called for a new and independent report to examine the implementation of a possible code ...
Byron returns to review Report
Two years on from the now infamous Byron Report on video games age ratings, TV presenter Dr Tanya Byron is to return to her work and review the progress that ...
Rave reviews hit for God of War III
The first reviews have flooded the internet of Sony’s upcoming PS3 only God of War III, and it seems that Sony has yet another critical smash on its hands.
GAME reviewing staff contracts
Leading UK video games retailer GAME has confirmed to MCV that it has begun a period of consultation with staff members concerning their working hours, with a view to possible ...
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Bad Company 2 wows critics
We were already expecting Battlefield: Bad Company 2 to become the seventh UK no.1 when the charts are released next week – and the critical reception being won by EA’s ...
iPad – the reaction
Now the long wait is at last over, the tech industry has been keen to share their impressions of Apple’s smartphone-netbook stopgap, the iPad – and the reactions paint a ...
Praise heaped on Mass Effect 2
The first reviews of Mass Effect 2 have gone live ahead of Friday’s UK release of EA’s long-awaited RPG sequel – and all signs point to BioWare’s latest becoming one ...
Review of the Decade - 2009
Our look back over the last decade comes to a close, set against a backdrop of economic turmoil – and the biggest entertainment launch of all time...
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Review of the Decade - 2008
It was the most prosperous year in the history of gaming – but for much of UK retail, it proved to be a nightmare. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to 2008…
2009 Review - Q4
2009 drew to a close with the first ever console hardware launch not to support physical media – the PSPgo. Meanwhile, outlets who rely on physical media raged an astonishing ...
Review of the Decade - 2007
Moving through another year of our historical journey, Tim Ingham gives a nod to the 12 months that gave us PS3, Xbox Elite – and a whole lot of consolidation…
2009 Review - Q3
Another quarter bought with it another Sony leak as images from a Chinese manufacturer spoilt Sony’s PS23 Slim surprise. Mind you, bigger shocks were to come with news that Activision ...
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Review of the Decade - 2006
Continuing our look through the history of games this decade, we glance back at the year Nintendo stole the show, with the arrival of its Wii and DS Lite...
2009 Review - Q2
As 2009 started to mature the tide was changing in Japan as PS3 overthrew Wii as the country’s best selling console. The arrival of the DSi provided some good news ...
Review of the Decade - 2005
We reach 2005 in MCV’s look back at the past decade, which saw the arrival of the Xbox 360, PSP and DS.
2009 Review - Q1
As 2009 kicked off the UK High Street was still in the grips of what some are calling the worst recession in living memory. Retailers were going under, we lost ...
Review of the Decade - 2004
Continuing our look through the history of games this decade we look back to the Manhunt furore, arrival of the DS, and demise of UK games trade shows…
Review of the Decade - 2003
MCV’s look back at how the games industry fared during the last decade continues with a focus on what happened in 2003. Michael French flicks through the archives and reads ...
Review of the Decade - 2002
Continuing our look at the formative games industry events of the decade, we look back to 2002, when the war between format-holders began to heat up…
Review of the Decade - 2001
Continuing our series of retrospective articles covering the ‘noughties’, Michael French looks back at the key industry happenings in 2001. And turn over for our look at what happened the ...
Review of the Decade - 2000
In the first of a series of features looking back on the last ten years in the video games industry, Michael French raids the MCV archives to chronicle the arrival ...
