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Sony "was the No.1 console maker in the UK last year"
The world is excited by PS4, but there’s still plenty of PS3s to sell, says Sony.
#PlayStationMemory claims top global trending spot on Twitter ahead of PS4 reveal
The world has united in memory of nearly two decades of PlayStation ahead of the reveal of the PS4 in New York tonight.
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.
Dark Souls sells 1.19m units
RPG Dark Souls has sold 1.19m copies to become Namco Bandai’s most popular 2012 release across the US and Europe.
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ANALYSIS: A closer look at gaming's top brands
Earlier this week, we revealed the Top Five biggest games brands of all time using Chart-Track’s CUBE?data warehouse solution.
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.
Megaupload founder is world's top Modern Warfare 3 player
In a somewhat cruel coincidence, the world’s best Modern Warfare 3 player may also be the man responsible for the lion’s share of the game’s piracy.
Apple becomes UK's second biggest online retailer
The latest IMRG-Hitwise listings claim that Apple has grown to become the second most popular online retailer in the UK.
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Dredge named top tech journo
Stuart Dredge, the online editor of MCV sister site ME, has been named one of the world's top online 'voices' on the 'SAY 100: Online Voices That Shape Opinion' ...
Games of 2010 - Staff Picks
No matter what type of games you like, 2010 was a corker with a host of quality titles that maintained the games industry’s strength in the face of challenging economic ...
Who are the UK's Top 20 indies?
Independent retailers, the Davids of Britain’s games industry, continue to surprise in their ongoing battle with corporate Goliaths of national chains.
JAPAN: DS sales hit 30m
On the same day that it’s long-awaited true successor was revealed, Japanese games bible Famitsu has confirmed that the DS has now sold in excess of 30m units in ...
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UK CHARTS: Bad Company 2 on target
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has become the seventh UK number one of the year having shot straight to the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track UK All Formats Top 40 ...
Plants vs Zombies grosses $1m on iPhone
PopCap Games has announced that its new iPhone game Plants vs. Zombies has grossed more than $1m in revenues in just nine days on the App Store.
XBLA revenues hit $100m in ‘09
An annual report from Forecasting and Analysing Digital Entertainment (FADE) claims that Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade download service generated revenues in excess of $100m in 2009 – a new record ...
Top Gear turns to game reviews
The web portal of global hit BBC TV show Top Gear has introduced a new games review section that, unsurprisingly, focuses on driving simulations.
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Pocket God sells 2m on iPhone
Popular 59p app Pocket God has now sold over 2m copies on the Apple App store, becoming the first paid app ever to reach the milestone.
DJ Hero best new IP of ‘09
Though commentators would have you believe that the music game genre is in a savage state of decline, new numbers from NPD Group claim that DJ Hero was in revenue ...
Top 20 Games of the Decade
How do you define what makes a game ‘the best ever’? Is it determined by how much it was adored by critics, or by how many units it shifted at ...
UK CHARTS: MW2 still top
It’s five weeks and counting now for Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as the record-breaking shooter beds in ahead of the key Christmas listings in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack ...
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”.
NSMB Wii gets 40/40 from Famitsu
Having debuted in a respectable third place in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 yesterday, Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros Wii has been given top marks by weekly Japanese ...
The Hut tops Sunday Times tech list
Blossoming online retailer The Hut has emerged the victor in The Sunday Times’ Tech Track 100, a comprehensive listing of the one hundred fasted growing British tech firms.
EA: Need For Speed back on top
Electronic Arts believes Need For Speed: Shift will see the franchise reclaim its crown as king of the racers, after a disappointing showing in 2008.
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, ...
