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OPINION: Battle of the bullets might just fire up games retail
Our shooty Man showdown cover answers a question we posed back in May when The Avengers was rocking the Box Office.
Charity games art auction begins
UKIE has put its entire London Games Festival Art Exhibition collection up for auction for games charity Special Effect.
Introducing the GamesAid choir!
GamesAid’s latest fundraising venture has been revealed – a UK games industry choir.
Disney: It's the perfect time for a game movie
Wreck-It Ralph should clean up at the Box Office as games become increasingly mainstream, says Disney.
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INTERVIEW: How Ubisoft makes its Mark on the masses
In his first interview as Ubisoft’s new head of UK marketing, Mark Slaughter tells MCV how the publishing giant uses more than big budgets to reach millions of consumers with ...
Having trouble sleeping? Games are to blame, uni claims
Research from Flinders University in Australia have linked late-night game-playing to disturbed sleep.
FIFA 13 claims 4th No.1; Skylanders Giants debuts in 2nd
EA’s powerhouse FIFA franchise remains No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats UK charts for a fourth week.
OPINION: Is the UK games market fighting fit or fighting fire?
Rationally, a decline in UK industry Christmas marketing spend makes sense at a time when there are fewer games coming out, and the ones remaining are getting most of the ...
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Q4 games advertising revenue drops 40% this Christmas
The age of excess is clearly over. UK games firms are spending £99m on advertising this Christmas, MCV can reveal.
Video game giants head to Brand Licensing Europe
Assassin’s Creed, Sonic and LittieBigPlanet are amongst the top video game franchises heading to Brand Licensing Europe this week.
Exiled Salman Rushdie turned to Super Mario World
A new memoir from author Salman Rushdie has revealed that the respected academic has a (until now) secret love of SNES hit Super Mario World.
Accessories boom for Dixons
Electronics group Dixons Retail plans to ramp up its support for gaming accessories.
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Tesco's Mark Burgess joins Game Retail
Tesco’s games buyer Mark Burgess has left the supermarket chain for specialist giant Game Retail.
VIDEO: The best gaming Marching Band performance you'll ever see
The Ohio State Marching Band clearly knows a thing or two about video games. And marching. And banding.
UK CHARTS: FIFA 13 holds on to No1; Resident Evil 6 debuts in 2nd
EA’s FIFA 13 has clung on to the UK top spot, despite a 72 per cent week-on-week drop in sales.
UK Gov asks: What makes a game 'British'?
The UK government has today opened the call for industry feedback on its imminent tax break for games economic policy.
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HMV's Oxford Street grows games presence
The Oxford Street branch of HMV is now home to a special Gamerbase designed to promote games at launch.
Borderlands 2 sparks market fight back
Sales of video games leapt up 125 per cent last week on the back of three blockbuster releases.
Gaming crowdfunding platform Gambitious is live
A new crowdfunding platform built specifically for games developers is now live.
OPINION: DVD hits £700m so far in 2012, highlighting the challenge for games retail
DVD and Blu-ray have already made more than £700m for UK retail this year.
F1 2012 creative director slams "disgraceful" abuse from fans
One of the lead developers of Codemasters’ F1 2012 has taken to the game’s forums to chastise some members of its community.
UK games retail at another all-time low as momentum falters
The UK games retail market suffered its worst week on record last week. Again.
Indie game retailers increasing shelf space for toys
The challenged independent video games retail sector is turning to toys and gifts to survive.
What caused the UK games crisis?
They said it was the summer of games – but only thanks to the Olympics. If you’re a games retailer, it has been a miserable few months, with the market ...
Andriasang has ceased updating
The creator of leading Japanese news portal Andriasang has announced the termination of the site.
