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Independent retailers, the Davids of Britain’s games industry, continue to surprise in their ongoing battle with corporate Goliaths of national chains. In the latest issue of MCV, we team up with Nindie.com to bring a rundown of the best indie stores around the nation. Click here to read the feature …
Read More »JAPAN: DS sales hit 30m
On the same day that it’s long-awaited true successor was revealed, Japanese games bible Famitsu has confirmed that the DS has now sold in excess of 30m units in its homeland. In addition, the top three selling games for the formqt have also been named – New Super Mario Bros …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Bad Company 2 on target
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 has become the seventh UK number one of the year having shot straight to the top of the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track UK All Formats Top 40 on its first week of release. Last week’s chart-topper, Sony’s Heavy Rain, keeps hold of a Top Five spot, though …
Read More »Plants vs Zombies grosses $1m on iPhone
PopCap Games has announced that its new iPhone game Plants vs. Zombies has grossed more than $1m in revenues in just nine days on the App Store. The game – a conversion of the company’s existing PC title of the same name – has sold more than 300,000 downloads at …
Read More »Top Gear turns to game reviews
The web portal of global hit BBC TV show Top Gear has introduced a new games review section that, unsurprisingly, focuses on driving simulations. The section is currently headed up by Microsoft’s Forza Motorsport 3, which scores a more than respectable 9/10. Others games currently listed include Need for Speed …
Read More »Pocket God sells 2m on iPhone
Popular 59p app Pocket God has now sold over 2m copies on the Apple App store, becoming the first paid app ever to reach the milestone. We couldn’t be happier with the turnout we’ve seen at the island,” Bolt Creative CEO Dave Castelnuovo stated. The community has been absolutely incredible …
Read More »DJ Hero best new IP of 09
Though commentators would have you believe that the music game genre is in a savage state of decline, new numbers from NPD Group claim that DJ Hero was in revenue terms the most successful new IP of 2009 across America and Europe. Not a bad achievement, considering it was up …
Read More »Top 20 Games of the Decade
How do you define what makes a game ‘the best ever’? Is it determined by how much it was adored by critics, or by how many units it shifted at retail? The answer to that question will very much dictate which of the following lists means the most to you. …
Read More »UK CHARTS: MW2 still top
It’s five weeks and counting now for Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as the record-breaking shooter beds in ahead of the key Christmas listings in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. You can read the full Top 40 – as well as single-format charts – in MCV’s …
Read More »NSMB Wii gets 40/40 from Famitsu
Having debuted in a respectable third place in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 yesterday, Nintendo’s New Super Mario Bros Wii has been given top marks by weekly Japanese games mag Famitsu. Mario’s latest becomes only the 13th game to ever receive the highly-coveted accolade, though it is the …
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