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MCV has started printing industry Tweets! UHOH @AliInTheJungle has suggested changing profile image to something inappropriate to avoid this
@byronicman (Simon Byron, Premier PR) Thursday, October 21st
This has to be the heaviest edition of MCV to date. I could kill a man with this. @Jam_sponge (Matt Lees, Frank PR)
Thursday, October 21st
More 5/5 reviews in for Enslaved... So much amazing press and awareness yet minimal
sales...is it only shooters that gamers want? @Leearigold (Lee Kirton, Namco Bandai) Thursday, October 21st
Ravenwood Fair is the fastest growing game on Facebook thanks to all of you checking it out! @theromero (John Romero, Gazillion Entertainment)
Sunday, October 24th
Weird how acronyms for corporate social responsibility and comprehensive spending review are the same. @PercyBlakeney63 (Andy Payne, Mastertronic) Wednesday, October 20th
Games industry: how about limiting game names to 20 chars and max of 1 punctuation mark? You’d have your dignity, I’d have nice page design.
@MrJonty (Jon Hicks, Official Xbox Magazine)
VG247 speaking for the “games press” is like Sarah Palin speaking for politicians. @BenKuchera (Ben Kuchera, Ars Technica)
Thursday, October 21st
Fallout: New Vegas in bag. Now just need to ditch family and all responsibilities for a day or two.
@IanAShepherd (Ian Shepherd, GAME) Monday, October 25th
‘Casual’ and ‘Hardcore’ are not genres. They’re patterns of behaviour.
@thomdinsdale (Thom Dinsdale, Media strategist) Monday, October 25th
Games news versus Price and Bleszinski – Why it’s time for developers to man up
http://tinyurl.com/37cq6y2 @patlike (Patrick Garratt, VG247)
Thursday, October 21st 5 SECOND Read and
remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting
Medal of Honor’s reboot gets the thumbs up from gamers.
1.5m sales
Atlus’ operating income for the year ending August 31st.
$5m THE MOST POPULAR STORIES ON MCVUK.COM THIS WEEK
Our biggest stories for the week ending Monday, October 25th
1. Vanquish price slashed ahead of release
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41366/Vanquish-price-slashed-ahead-of-release
2. Blitz: No discs for PS4/Xbox 720
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41445/Blitz-No-discs-for-PS4Xbox720
3. Molyneux: I’ve never made a great game
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41441/Molyneux-Ive-never-made-a-great-game
4. New Rock Band 3 instruments priced
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41416/New-Rock-Band-3-instruments-priced
5. Bond duo hit stores in November
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41463/Bond-duo-hit-stores-in-November
6. Square Enix: Deus Ex will last us a decade
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41462/Square-Enix-Deus-Ex-IP-will-last-us-a-decade
7. Yamauchi ‘begs for forgiveness’
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41402/Yamauchi-begs-for-forgiveness
8. PS3 beats 360 in internet race
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41422/PS3-beats-360-in-internet-race
9. Western feedback for FFXIII ignored
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41403/Western-feedback-for-FFXIII-ignored
10. ShopTo cuts pack time to five minutes
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/41394/ShopTo-cuts-pack-time-to-five-minutes
www.mcvuk.com
Facebook gamers, according to a fansite report.
Q2 2012 50m Halo:
Fallout Online’s predicted launch date.
The number of “addicted”
The biggest seller in North America so far this year, with 3.29 million copies shifted in the first two weeks.
Reach
The proportion of gamers willing to wear 3D glasses, according to U-Decide research.
80%
The percentage of players who finished Assassin's Creed II, says Ubi.
40% October 29th 2010 11
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