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Read all about it: international games media brands set sights on UK
The biggest games magazines in North America and Europe are to launch in the UK, MCV can reveal.
US video games market slips 9% in 2012
The total value of the US video games market declined nine per cent in 2012.
Ni No Kuni claims No.1 chart spot; Namco Bandai thanks community
Namco Bandai is celebrating what some would call a surprise chart victory for Ni No Kuni this morning.
Riccitiello: Games and violence aren't linked, but the perception they are is damaging
EA CEO John Riccitiello has said that the games industry must work harder to challenge the belief that video games and gun violence share a link.
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UK GAMES INDUSTRY SALARY SURVEY: What are you worth?
This year, our salary survey shows a decline in the average UK games industry yearly wage.
Black Ops II gets its first 2013 UK No.1
Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops II is once again at the top of the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40.
Prince Harry: Rubbish at exams, great at video games
EA’s FIFA series has been name-dropped by Prince Harry in a range of interviews made public following his return from serving in Afghanistan.
Warner elated to crack 2012 publisher Top Ten
LEGO has fired Warner Bros into the UK’s ten best-selling publishers by units.
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Congress reignites attempts to make ESRB rating legal in US
A bill has been introduced to congress that would make ESRB ratings mandatory for video games.
Could games publishers generate more brand equity?
Big games brands are known the world over, but do consumers know the firms behind them?
President Obama orders research into links between video games and violence
Video games have again become central to America’s heated debate on gun ownership that erupted in the aftermath of December’s Newtown school shootings.
HMV demise could kill 4% of games market; High Street entertainment share would plummet
The cost to the UK video games market should HMV fail to find a buyer could be as little as four per cent.
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Revealed: 2012's UK Top 100 Video Games
Just two physical games sold over 1m units in the UK last year, according to UKIE and GfK Chart-Track data.
Yet another UK No.1 for FIFA 13
EA’s FIFA 13 has claimed its sixth No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week.
Video games is the star in record year for Kickstarter
2012 was a fantastic year for crowd-funding platform Kickstarter, and video games have emerged as the big winner.
James Dyson criticises governmental focus on games
The glamour of web fads and video gaming is being put ahead of tangible technology that can be exported from the UK, Sir James Dyson has said.
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2013: What industry leaders want to see
MCV asks UK games industry experts about why 2013 will be much, much better than 2012.
OPINION: Will 2013 be the year that everything changes?
The 1990s. The Super Nintendo and Sega Mega Drive. The Game Boy and the Gamegear (or the Atari Lynx, if you like).
Media games outrages reach their inevitable conclusion with astounding cancer headline in The Mirror
“TV & COMPUTER CRAZE IS GIVING KIDS CANCER”
Digital up, pre-owned down as GameStop reports 4.6% sales drop
Global games retailer GameStop has fared better than the overall games market by posting a sales drop of just 4.6 per cent for the nine weeks ending December 29th ...
FIFA 13 grabs its fifth UK No.1
Having dropped off the top of the listings back in October, EA’s FIFA 13 is back at the top of the Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40.
Del Toro in talks with "very big company" over InSane game trilogy
Being dropped by the troubled THQ was not the end of the road of Guillermo del Toro’s InSane trilogy, it seems.
THQ sale in turmoil as creditors raise concerns
Creditors of troubled publisher THQ have filed complaints about the proposed sale to Clearlake Capital Group.
50 things to look forward to in 2013
MCV runs through the biggest releases and events that will grow the industry over the next 12 months.
Console sales down by a third in 2012
Sales of video games consoles in 2012 fell 33.1 per cent year-on-year.
