Entries in 'warning' (27)
OPINION: Zynga warning can inspire change
I’ve said?this here before, but people sometimes accuse MCV of being overly negative about the trade.
GAME stores facing abusive behaviour risk
Following reports of sporadic violence at some GAME stores, one outlet has taken the move of posting a warning to its customers at the door.
D-Day looms for GAME
MCV has learnt that senior members of the GAME management teams have been told to brace for the possibility of administration.
Chart-Track: This is still a £1bn industry
As publishers bemoan difficult game launches, Chart-Track has warned them to stop talking down retail.
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Iwata dismisses free-to-play
The freemium model for video games isn't just a sector that Nintendo will be avoiding – it's one that president Satoru Iwata believes actually threatens the health of the industry.
Skies darken above Nokia
Finnish firm Nokia, once the giant of the mobile phone scene, has sent a chilling warning to investors.
MP warns Sony over PSN saga
Sony must make online security a new priority, Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has said in response to the PlayStation Network data breach.
'We must learn from PSN breach'
The PSN security crisis – which saw personal data of 77m customers stolen and forced Sony’s online games service offline for over two weeks – is a warning to the ...
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HMV issues third profit warning of 2011
UK entertainment retailer HMV has issued its third profit warning of the year so far.
Dixons warns of profit slump
Dixons Retail has issued a profit warning for the financial year, reducing its forecast to £85 million from predictions of £100 to £110 million made in mid January.
Harrison issues chilling warning to publishers
The video games industry of tomorrow is likely to be bossed by a very different leading pack as traditional publishers refuse to accept the changing face of the market.
We Dare to carry warning label
Ubisoft has confirmed that this week's Wii and PS3 release We Dare will carry an additional warning sticker in addition to its PEGI 12 age certificate.
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GDC11: Rovio counters Nintendo's app warning
Speaking at a lively session at the Game Developers Conference today, Rovio exec Peter Vesterbacka has argued that 59p title Angry Birds is in no way disposable.
Bigpoint's Facebook warning
For someone leading a cutting edge web games firm, Bigpoint CEO Heiko Hubertz has a surprising love-hate relationship with Facebook.
‘Days are numbered for specialist indies’
Indie chain Game Player has closed its doors, and MD Gary Noakes says that the days of specialist retailers are all but over.
Nintendo warns R4 sellers
In response to MCV’s news yesterday that many companies are continuing to sell R4DS and other DS piracy devices despite the recent court ruling that illegalised the activity, ...
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No RROD, no overheating
Having done away with the iconic ‘Red Ring of Death’ in the redesigned version of its Xbox 360, Microsoft has also introduced further safeguards to protect against the console’s patchy ...
Capcom fires Move and Natal warning
The era of motion controllers could snap shut as quickly as it has blown open, one of the world’s biggest publishers has warned.
GAME issues volcano warning
Publishers are remaining defiant, but the channel has once again warned that the ongoing disruption caused by the Icelandic volcano could result in troubles at UK games retail.
GAME adds DLC alert to pre-owned
Leading UK video games retailer GAME has introduced warning stickers on pre-owned copies of games that do not include the DLC those who bought the new version would have found ...
Codies issues Natal dev warning
With Natal’s software launch line-up still shrouded in mystery, the VP of Codemasters Studios Gavin Cheshire has warned developers that simply integrating motion control into existing projects is not sufficient ...
US: Sony warns of PS3 shortages
Such is the momentum driving Sony’s PS3 onwards and upwards right now that SCEA has warned consumers that retail may face shortages of the in-demand console over the coming weeks.
Easy on the violence, publishers warned
Publishers need to consider the ‘wider context’ of ads for violent games if they don’t want to see them banned from TV.
Activision boss threatens to drop PS3
The boss of the world’s biggest games publisher has issued a remarkable warning to Sony – cut the price of PS3 or Activision could the plug on its PlayStation development.
Parents group offers balanced view on GTAIV
In a pleasingly balanced appraisal of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV expansion The Lost and the Damned, US parenting group Common Sense Media has highlighted the DLC as certainly not ...
