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Read More »Is your New Year wage enough?
Just two days left to contribute to our sweeping games industry Salary Survey
Read More »What does your boss earn?
Our Salary Survey, in association with MPG Universal, lets you help build our most detailed report yet
Read More »Happy High Street excited for 2012
Retailers are expecting overall market decline but are still optimistic. 80 per cent of store managers said they were confident about the health of their business in the yearly MCV Retail Survey. We quizzed store managers from High Street chains, supermarkets and indies. Upcoming titles BioShock Infinite and Mass Effect …
Read More »MCV 2011 Retail Survey – the results
What was the biggest event of 2011? What is games retail hoping forin 2012? MCV speaks to retailers nationwide in its annual retail survey… Over 6.5 million day one sales, $775m in revenue generated within its first five days on sale and a whopping 75 copies sold per second. It’s …
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Read More »Brand Map: Assassin’s Creed
This week sees the release of Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, the fourth full game in the series which has already gone on to beat the previous games in volumes of pre-orders. This week we’re going to look at the Creed brand using the GameVision Brand Map you can purchase from …
Read More »‘Handheld games consoles are doomed’
Gamesbrief analyst Nicholas Lovell believes dedicated handhelds are doomed and that PlayStation Home is the games sector’s ‘unsung hero’ in an entertaining and at times controversial speech at London Games Conference. In his talk he attempted to persuade the audience which company’s were going to survive the digital transition (or …
Read More »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 …
Read More »SURVEY: When will digital dominate discs?
At what point will digital content be the driving force behind game revenues? It’s a question that many retailers dread, that others embrace, and one that publishers constantly deliberate. Now we want your view on the matter. MCV has launched a new survey for industry professionals.Take part in our eight-question …
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