Entries in 'ten' (22)

Happy Birthday Xbox Live!

Happy Birthday Xbox Live!

Ten years ago Microsoft embarked on an ambitious venture to marry the worlds of the internet and console gaming.

Billy Langsworthy
by Billy Langsworthy
on Nov 15th 2012 at 12:30PM in News
F2P game Hawken wants 10m players

F2P game Hawken wants 10m players

The firm behind upcoming free game Hawken has scored an extra $18m in VC funding.

Michael French
by Michael French
on Nov 5th 2012 at 11:20AM in News
10 year-old Civilization II game predicts grim future for humanity

10 year-old Civilization II game predicts grim future for humanity

A game of Civilization II that has run for ten years has offered a depressing prediction for humanity’s future.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 15th 2012 at 2:57PM in News
MCV AWARDS: Middle aged or different age?

MCV AWARDS: Middle aged or different age?

Ten years of MCV Awards and, yep, things have changed. Even the most leaden-footed industry will have evolved in that time. But there was a sense last night of more ...

Stuart Dinsey
by Stuart Dinsey
on Apr 20th 2012 at 2:50PM in News

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Top Ten games TV campaigns: 2011 vs 2012

Top Ten games TV campaigns: 2011 vs 2012

Games and consoles TV advertising has experienced a 25 per cent year-on-year decline in activity from the start of 2012 to March 11th.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Apr 2nd 2012 at 11:00AM in News
Police threatens file sharers with ten-year imprisonment

Police threatens file sharers with ten-year imprisonment

The Serious Organised Crime Agency has closed down music website RnBXclusive.com and says those who used it could be fined and imprisoned.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Feb 16th 2012 at 9:49AM in News
Deus Ex storms UK August charts

Deus Ex storms UK August charts

Square Enix title Deus Ex: Human Revolution was the second best selling game in the UK in August.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 31st 2011 at 1:25PM in News
App Store downloads hit 10bn

App Store downloads hit 10bn

Just two and a half years after its debut in July 2008, over the weekend the Apple App Store saw its ten billionth app downloaded.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 24th 2011 at 11:20AM in News

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Ubi plots 10-year plan for Assassin's Creed

Ubi plots 10-year plan for Assassin's Creed

As sales of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood lead the brand past the 20m sales milestone, Ubisoft wants to maintain the momentum behind the franchise.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 3rd 2010 at 1:04PM in News
New free games offer for PSPgo

New free games offer for PSPgo

Sony will shortly announce a brand new incentive scheme to encourage sales of the digital-only PSPgo, MCV can exclusively reveal.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 26th 2010 at 4:45PM in News
Super Mario Galaxy 2 gets Edge 10/10

Super Mario Galaxy 2 gets Edge 10/10

Future’s Edge magazine has given Super Mario Galaxy 2 a notable 10/10 in its newest issue due out this week. It becomes only the 12th game to receive top marks ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on May 6th 2010 at 9:00AM in News
Activision signs Bungie

Activision signs Bungie

Publisher Activision has signed a ten year deal with Halo developer Bungie that grants it worldwide publishing rights to a future multiformat release.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 29th 2010 at 2:13PM in News

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Sony: PS3 will pass Xbox 360

Sony: PS3 will pass Xbox 360

The PS3 will eventually outsell Xbox 360 – that’s the prediction of PlayStation Network boss Peter Dille, who claims that Microsoft’s machine is unlikely to enjoy the same ten-year lifecycle ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 3rd 2010 at 10:34AM in News
MW2 tops Time 2009 list

MW2 tops Time 2009 list

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been named as the best game of 2009 by US magazine Time, which praised it for its “raw, riveting military action”.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 9th 2009 at 10:53AM in News
Moore praises FIFA triumph in Japan

Moore praises FIFA triumph in Japan

Western games may increasingly be making inroads into the Japanese market, but the struggle to penetrate the notoriously inwards-looking region remains – so FIFA 10’s appearance in the Japanese Top ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 4th 2009 at 10:50AM in News
UK CHARTS: Tiger Woods drives to the top

UK CHARTS: Tiger Woods drives to the top

Fight Night Round 4 has suffered a KO after two weeks at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40, but it’s not all bad news for EA, ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 13th 2009 at 11:44AM in News

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Sony says 360 and Wii owners will ‘upgrade’ to PS3

Sony says 360 and Wii owners will ‘upgrade’ to PS3

Andrew House, the president of SCE Europe, has suggested that owners of current consoles such as Wii and Xbox 360 will ‘upgrade’ to a PS3 in an effort to keep ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 9th 2009 at 11:38AM in News
Microsoft: We won E3

Microsoft: We won E3

It’s not the twinning but the taking part that counts, right? Nope. How you win or lose something like E3 is hard to fathom, but the reaction to Microsoft’s conference ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 4th 2009 at 5:46PM in News
83 DS titles pass a million units

83 DS titles pass a million units

Cumulative sales of Nintendo’s original DS, DS Lite and DSi have now passed the 100m units sales mark globally, the platform holder has confirmed.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 12th 2009 at 12:18PM in News
“The Lancer is the new Lightsaber”

“The Lancer is the new Lightsaber”

Aside from Epic’s recent news about its upcoming third update for Gears of War 2, all is relatively quiet in the Gears of Wars universe – but an admission from ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 10th 2009 at 12:52PM in News
Sony: PS3 is still on track

Sony: PS3 is still on track

Japanese electronics giant Sony has insisted that despite the falling annual sales of its PS3 console, it is still on track to sell ten million units by the ...
Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 30th 2009 at 11:55AM in News
GTA IV tops Time 2008 top ten

GTA IV tops Time 2008 top ten

US news journal Time has listed its top ten picks for the games of note in 2008 – and it’s Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV that claims the top spot.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 9th 2008 at 12:25PM in News