OFF THE RECORD
November 16th 2007 FROM THE ARCHIVE... 3 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
Nordic Games held a posh We Sing Robbie Williamslaunch event in Mayfair. Industry members took to the mic, with Tesco’s Mark Burgess, Nordic’s Nic Blower and GamesWeasel’s Matt Cuttle among those crooning to the crowd. However, Robbie was nowhere to be seen. Train delays, probably.
NEWS
Play.com is to put the UK consumer games show back on the map, with an audacious new ‘entertainment lifestyle’ expo at Wembley Stadium. The online retailer believes the two-day event will attract 40,000 consumers… Xbox Euro boss Chris Lewis admits that Microsoft has looked ‘very closely’ at Wii- style controller based gaming. Three years later and Kinect has just hit the High Street… Gem makes a move into Europe, acquiring France’s top distributor of consumer electronics and IT peripherals Banque Magnetique… Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment acquires Britsoft firm TT Games in a multi- million pound deal… Marketing hotshot Keely Brenner returns to the games industry as head of marketing at Disney.
BLAZBLUE RECORD BROKEN
PQube promoted upcoming fighter BlazBlue: Continuum Shiftin style with a new world record. Kyle Dixon beat 32 opponents in 60 minutes at the MCM Expo in London, watched by a huge crowd. Dixon said: “I had more fun than I could have ever imagined.” If only the pictures proved it.
CHARTS: ALL FORMATS TOP 5 1. COD 4: Modern Warfare. . . . . . . . Activision. . . . . . . . . 360, PS3, PC, DS 2. WWE Smackdown vs Raw 08. THQ. . . PS2, 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, DS 3. The Simpsons Game. . . . . . . . . . . . EA. . . . . 360, DS, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii 4. Pro Evo Soccer 2008. . . . . . . . . . . Konami . . . . . DS, PC, PS3, PSP,360 5. FIFA 08. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EA DS, PSP, PC, PS2, 360, Wii, PS3
AND FINALLY MCVtracks down TV legend Keith Chegwin to talk to him about his gaming interests. He tells us that he’d like to create a game called Alien Cheggers where he takes over the world via consoles and PCs… Industry veteran Bruce Everiss writes an opinion piece for MCV(and lets our readers into his darkest thoughts), calling for more sex in video games…
the industry. The current members are...
Azeem Sadiq, Comet
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Graham Chambers, Amazon
Danielle Fleming, DSGi
Igor Cipolletta, ShopTo
Anthony Stocker, Argos
Stephen Staley, Gameseek
Joanna Hunt, Tesco
Gurdeep Hunjan, Sainsbury’s
Phil Moore, Grainger Games
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