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Brand Map: Resident Evil

This 16-year-old series has had another success after Resident Evil: Revelations soared to the top of the European sales charts within a week of its launch. Let’s take a look at what gamers enjoy so much about the brand. We asked 6,775 users about Resident Evil, and of the 1,147 …

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Brand Map: Final Fantasy

Final Fantasy XIII-2 debuted at No.1 when it hit shelves earlier this month, but what makes the series so successful? GameVision asked 6,737 gamers about Final Fantasy. 1,076 had played an entry in the series during the last six months; 354 of these told us about their experience in more …

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Brand Map: Civilization

We look at a snapshot of players just prior to the launch of Civilization World to see what they are enjoying about the game series. The original Civilization game by Microprose celebrated its 20th birthday this year.Currently owned by Take-Two (published under the Firaxis and 2K labels), its latest offering …

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Brand Map: Super Mario Bros

This week we look at playing habits for one of the biggest game franchises of all time. In the past five years, Super Mario Bros has enjoyed a new life on the Nintendo DS and Wii.With the 3DS now available we haven’t had to wait long for news of a …

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Brand Map: Just Dance

Ubisoft’s Just Dance for Wii was the surprise big hit of 2009. Now the series expands to the Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms with Just Dance 3. Could Just Dance 3 be the biggest game in the series yet? This week we’re going to look at the Just Dance series …

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Brand Map: Call of Duty

This week we’re going to look at playing habits for Call of Duty using the GameVision Brand Map. The Brand Map is available to download from the MCV?Reports page online. We asked 6,722 gamers about the games, of whom 1,789 had played one in the last six months; 556 of …

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Brand Map: Grand Theft Auto

GameVision asked 6,728 gamers about Grand Theft Auto IV to tell us about their experiences of the GTA franchise in more detail. Rockstar?Games and Take-Two recently announced that the Grand Theft Auto franchise has now shipped in total a staggering 114m units, with GTA IV alone shipping over 22m. This …

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Brand Map: Need for Speed

Need for Speed: The Run hits stores in November and this time things are a little different for the franchise. We take a look at gamers’ playing patterns. Quick time events have been added to The Run to provide out-of-car action. And this week we’re looking at Need for Speed …

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Brand Map: Gears of War

It’s only a few weeks now until Gears of War 3 is released.Over the three years since the previous game in the series, the term ‘Added Value’ is the tag that developers have been focusing on. We already know about Call of Duty Elite and the EA Sports Season Ticket, …

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Brand Map: Fable on Kinect

This week, we’re going to look at Fable using the GameVision Brand Map you can buy direct from MCV online. At E3 in June, Microsoft Game Studios’ creative director Peter Molyneux unveiled Fable: The Journey, a new chapter in the Fable series that uses Microsoft’s Kinect. But is Fable such …

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