Entries in 'virgin' (26)
Virgin begins doubling user broadband speeds
Cable ISP Virgin Media is set to begin rolling out a speed upgrade for customers in 30 towns and cities across the UK.
Using OnLive downloads around 3GB of data per hour
Estimates from a number of online sources claim that playing games via new streaming service OnLive consumes between 2GB and 3GB every hour.
Virgin Gaming: Call of Duty Elite 'not a threat'
The Battlefield 3 Worldwide Conquest Tournament helps EA compete with Call of Duty Elite, Activision’s social service which also includes a competitive gaming element with prizes up for grabs, according ...
HMV hires online and marketing chief
HMV has recruited former Asda chief Mark Hodgkinson as marketing and e-commerce director.
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FIFA the killer app for Virgin’s Euro push
Virgin Gaming is braced for the big time in Europe after signing a deal with EA Sports.
Branson backs BP, but new Virgin Gaming isn’t British
Virgin Gaming is an ‘international company’ says Sir Richard Branson, but insists he’s still proud to be British and defends BP from Obama’s ‘tarring and feathering’.
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OPINION: Virgin's gaming return
Global entrepreneur Richard Branson is set to surprise the industry when his Virgin brand returns to games next month.
Branson back in games
Richard Branson will use next month’s E3 in Los Angeles to unveil Virgin’s return to the video games business.
OnLive hitting all UK ISPs
Streaming games service OnLive will be available over any UK ISP, founder and CEO Steve Perlman has confirmed.
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Virgin Play in trouble
Spain’s Virgin Play has gone into a form of liquidation in the firm’s home country.
Chaney on the prowl for studios
Former Virgin Interactive and US Gold boss Tim Chaney has returned to the UK to set up a new online gaming platform.
New Play games boss plots sales growth
Ex-Zavvi head of games Patrick Kelly joined Play.com this week, and is already planning new ways to grow the firm’s games offer.
Virgin rules out High Street return
Virgin has put paid to any suggestion it will return to High Street retail, after Sir Richard Branson ‘inherited’ seven Zavvi stores this week.Advertisement
Virgin to return to UK High Street?
Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group is to inherit stores from troubled retailer Zavvi – suggesting Virgin Megastores could return to the High Street 16 months after it left UK retail....
FRANCE: Three strikes policy to hit file-sharers
The French Senate has passed a new law designed to crack down on internet file-sharing as the battle against online IP theft reaches the continent.
Xbox 360 on sale for under £35
Tesco has been selling an Xbox 360 hardware bundle including Forza Motorsport 2, Viva Pinata and a wireless control pad for £34.99.
'New Virgin Megastores' targets games after MBO
RETAIL stalwart Virgin Megastores is to disappear completely from the High Street in November – but the new group formed from its ashes wants to take on GAME in the ...
Virgin Megastores sold off in MBO
Zavvi Entertainment Group, headed up by existing Virgin Megastores MD Simon Douglas and finance director Steve Peckham, will operate all of the existing 125 UK and Irish stores and its ...
‘We’ll make PS3 Home look prehistoric’
The boss of Virgin’s new digital download site A World Of My Own (AWOMO) believes that the venture can outclass Sony’s much-lauded PS3 Home project. Users were invited to register ...
Virgin Radio hits UK consoles
Virgin Radio has claimed a “media first” after making its broadcasts available via Sony’s PlayStation 3 and Nintendo’s Wii.
Hype builds ahead of PS3 launch
After all the hype, all the controversy and more than one big delay, the arrival of PlayStation 3 in Europe is now only hours away.
