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Microsoft has claimed that the total time spent by gamers using its Xbox Live service has surpassed 17 billion hours. Company employee Trixie360 added on her Twitter: That’s more than two hours for every person on the planet.” G4 observed that this equates to around 2 million years, or 850 …
Read More »Rising Star signs Samurai Shodown Sen
Rising Star has won the publishing rights to Samuari Shodown Sen – the latest entry in the long-running fighting franchise. The title is an Xbox 360 port of the arcade game of the same name, and is the eleventh entry in the classic SNK series. Rising Star also believes the …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: BioShock 2
MCV’s vital weekly retail digest, RetailBiz, is now available to view online and download now. Click here to access the RetailBiz Previews section, where you’ll find an in-depth guide to some of the hottest titles due for release in the near future. This week, we take the plunge with 2K …
Read More »AUS: Games industry shatters sales records
Australia’s games industry set new sales records last year, with total revenues coming in at AUD $2.05 billion. Data from market research group GfK Retail and Technology Australia showed this figure had increased by 4 per cent when compared to the previous year. Software sales rose by 6 per cent …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Army Of Two sequel triumphs
MCV’s vital weekly retail digest, RetailBiz, is now available to view online and download now. Electronic Arts’ Army Of Two franchise made its triumphant return this week with a strong debut in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack video game charts. After its predecessor left the press and consumers divided, The 40th Day …
Read More »Online retailers price DSi XL at £150
Several online retailers have listed the upcoming Nintendo DSi XL for a price point of around 150. Leading e-tailers are already taking pre-orders for the handheld with GAME and Amazon charging 149.99. HMV and Play.com have both undercut the competition with prices of 149.94 and 195.95 respectively. The consensus seems …
Read More »Mamba merges with Lace Group
Mamba Games has announced a partnership with Lace Group to create a new global video games publisher. Publisher Mamba and UK distributor Lace will now trade as Lace Media Group, and will handle acquisition, product development, in-house development, UK and global sales and distribution, marketing and PR as one entity. …
Read More »Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY edition revealed
A Game Of The Year edition of Eidos’ Batman: Arkham Asylum is currently in production. The title’s existence was revealed by a BBFC listing, which classifies Batman: Arkham Asylum – Game Of The Year edition for release in the UK. According to the listing, the game was passed with no …
Read More »EasyJet CCO joins GAME board
The GAME Group hass announced the appointment of Dana Dunne as its new non-executive director. Dunne currently serves as the chief commercial officer for easyJet. He succeeds Jean-Paul Giraud, who has completed two terms of office and steps down after six years on the Group board. We are delighted to …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Aliens Vs Predator
MCV’s vital weekly retail digest RetailBiz is now available to view online and download now. Click here to access the RetailBiz Previews section for an in-depth guide to some of the hottest games approaching the High Street in the next few weeks. This week, we take a look Sega’s Aliens …
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