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Steering wheels, fight and flight sticks are potentially a good investment for retailers, with a slew of new releases supporting them. MCV looks at the best products on the market Peripherals continue to be a fantastic opportunity for retailers, with gaming accessories being worth 424m in 2013 – up one …
Read More »MCV launches Video Games Peripherals Buyers Guide this month
MCV is putting together a guide of the biggest accessories, merchandise and peripherals heading to market this Christmas. Our Video Games Peripherals Buyers Guide is a new supplement that launches September 19th, bundled with MCV and distributed at events including Games Retail 2020. It will look at the latest products …
Read More »Origin Games to distribute Mad Catz peripherals in India
Gaming peripherals maker Mad Catz has partnered with Origin Games to bring its range of products to India. Mad Catz’s selection of fight sticks, keyboards, and mice and mouse surfaces, as well as Saitek flight simulation controllers will be making their way to the Indian market. Here’s a list of …
Read More »India to get red, blue Dualshock 4 controllers
Sony announced today that it would sell Dualshock 4 controllers for the PS4 at Rs 4,990 in India, and the Sony India website has now been updated to reveal that the controllers will be available in three colours. Aside from the standard black colour, the PS4 controller will also be …
Read More »Sony opts for ‘different approach’ for PS Vita TV West release
SCE boss Andrew House says it launched the system in Japan first due to the lack of a market leader
Read More »Valve wraps up week of reveals with Steam Controller unveiling
Valve’s hardware announcements last week concluded with the unveiling of a new controller optimized for Steam and Steam Machines devices. The wireless peripheral will work with all of Steam’s catalog released from here forward, and will include legacy support for past releases that lack gamepad support. Going against the traditional” …
Read More »Milestone launches gaming peripherals brand ‘trriger’
Milestone Interactive has expanded its gaming operations into the peripherals business with its own brand – trriger. The brand will offer high-value” peripherals for PS3, Xbox 360, PS2 and PC. These include PS2 and PS3 controllers, HDMI cables, PS2 memory cards and a gaming mouse. The products are currently available …
Read More »Entatech wants to invigorate peripherals with Ministry of Gaming
Entatech has launched Ministry of Gaming, an initiative that brings accessories brands such as Mad Catz, AMD and Gigabyte together as one buying group. Director Jon Atherton tells MCV how this will invigorate its peripherals division. Why have you launched the Ministry of Gaming? Over the past 12 months Entatech’s …
Read More »Entatech launches new games brand
Distributor Entatech has launched a new gaming initiative to help invigorate the peripherals market. The Ministry of Gaming will see the likes of AMD, Zotac, MadCatz, Gigabyte and others form a unique buying group. Each company has been specifically chosen by Entatech to represent a niche in the market and …
Read More »The quiet success of Ubisoft’s Rocksmith
The music genre is dead, right? Erm, no, perhaps not. Ubisoft has confirmed that music title Rocksmith has sold a very impressive 1.4m units worldwide since its release in October 2011. There have also been 3m track downloads from the game’s digital store. The publisher is also quoting a study …
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