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2009 drew to a close with the first ever console hardware launch not to support physical media – the PSPgo. Meanwhile, outlets who rely on physical media raged an astonishing price war that saw Tesco slash EA’s FIFA 10 to an incredible 24.97. The quarter also bought ominous news for …
Read More »Review of the Decade – 2007
Moving through another year of our historical journey, Tim Ingham gives a nod to the 12 months that gave us PS3, Xbox Elite – and a whole lot of consolidation… Click here to see the full piece in our features section.
Read More »2009 Review – Q3
Another quarter bought with it another Sony leak as images from a Chinese manufacturer spoilt Sony’s PS23 Slim surprise. Mind you, bigger shocks were to come with news that Activision intended to sell Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 for an eye-watering 54.99. That wasn’t the only news from the …
Read More »Review of the Decade – 2006
Continuing our look through the history of games this decade, we glance back at the year Nintendo stole the show, with the arrival of its Wii and DS Lite… Click here to visit our features section for the whole thing.
Read More »2009 Review – Q2
As 2009 started to mature the tide was changing in Japan as PS3 overthrew Wii as the country’s best selling console. The arrival of the DSi provided some good news for Nintendo, but sad news came as the industry had to say goodbye to the much loved David Reeves. Q2 …
Read More »Review of the Decade – 2005
We reach 2005 in MCV’s look back at the past decade, which saw the arrival of the Xbox 360, PSP and DS. The full story is over in our features section.
Read More »2009 Review – Q1
As 2009 kicked off the UK High Street was still in the grips of what some are calling the worst recession in living memory. Retailers were going under, we lost Woolies from the High Street and a lot of people were getting annoyed by EUK’s warehouse. On top of that …
Read More »Review of the Decade – 2004
Continuing our look through the history of games this decade we look back to the Manhunt furore, arrival of the DS, and demise of UK games trade shows… The features section has the full thing.
Read More »Review of the Decade – 2003
MCV’s look back at how the games industry fared during the last decade continues with a focus on what happened in 2003. Michael French flicks through the archives and reads about N-Gage, the strugglign GameCube and yet more audacious advertising… Check out the full story in our features section.
Read More »Review of the Decade – 2002
Continuing our look at the formative games industry events of the decade, we look back to 2002, when the war between format-holders began to heat up… The features section has the full thing.
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