Entries in 'warning' (33)
Kotick: Beware the ides of the upcoming console transition
Activision has again beaten financial expectations, but that hasn’t stopped boss Bobby Kotick issuing a number of blunt warnings about the challenges ahead.
Molyneux warns devs over IAP investigation
Developers must be careful of how they manage their free-to-play games and in-app purchases in the face of the Office of Fair Trading’s investigation into the business model, says Peter ...
Capcom issues profits warning, cuts ties to Western developers, scraps projects
Profits for the current financial year will be about half of what was initially forecast, Capcom has warned.
Iwata: Fires warning shot to staff, intends to "revive momentum of overseas operations"
Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata appears to have issued a thinly veiled warning to the company’s international management teams.
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NBC 5 issues fake iPad warning after woman buys a mirror
Be warned, dear readers – a cunning scam is currently thriving in the US that tricks punters into buying a fake iPad.
ESA urges against US Xbox ban
American trade body The Entertainment Retailers Association has urged against a possible ban on sales of the Xbox 360 in the US.
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.
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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.
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.
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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 ...
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.
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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.
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, ...
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.
