NEWS: DIGEST
THE NEWS IN 140 CHARACTERS We read Twitter so you don’t have to
crazycraven Metacritic needs to start culling sites it uses for aggregations. Or at least have stronger editorial principles in the reviews it uses
(Mark Craven, Citizen Game) Thursday, February 24th
Jam_sponge They're putting the names of EVERYONE who worked on Duke Nukem Forever in the credits? Screw that, they'll need a memorial. (Matt Lees, OXM)
Thursday, February 24th
ManMadeMoon Have a confession. Was up till 5 AM last night playing Assassin’s Creed 2. Its really rather moreish! Vertigolicious!
(Duncan Jones, film director) Thursday, February 24th
MarkPAllen @RobZilla01 About time you got on here!
(Mark Allen, Kalypso Media) Friday, February 25th
RobZilla01 @MarkPAllen I'm only doing it to spy on people and try to get mentioned in that Twitter section in MCV.
(Rob Burman, SouthPeak Games) Friday, February 25th
mikerawly Just spoken to Radio 5 live about the PEGI rating system in the context of We Dare. A robust and objective system to protect children.... (Mike Rawlinson, UKIE) Saturday, February 26th
atheistium Reviewing terrible games is hard because you actually have to play the game longer than you really should :( /cry cry click click cry cry (Lauren Wainwright, Daily Girl Attack Panic Super HD Remix) Sunday, February 27th
RareLtd Another surreptitious Kinect Sports award nomination. Up for New Game Brand in MCV Industry Excellence Awards:
http://tinyurl.com/mcvnoms
edfear UKIE and TIGA absolutely do not need to merge. They need to *cooperate*. The distinction is necessary.
(Ed Fear, Curve Studios) Friday, February 25th
ImagineMDMCVjust led me to the We Dare trailer - WTF! I think this could be the most offensive videogame ever
(Damian Butt, Imagine Publishing) Friday, February 25th
5 SECOND
FACTS
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting
$129.99
The price of the Sony PSP in the US, which dropped from $169.99
1m
User accounts registered with Trion Worlds ahead of Rift’s release
£64 (Rare) Monday, February 28th
What the average Xbox 360 player spends on games each month
THE MOST POPULAR STORIES ON
MCVUK.COM THIS WEEK
Our biggest stories for the week ending Monday, February 28th
1. This new gaming accessory stinks
www.mcvuk.com/news/43132/This-new-gaming-accessory-stinks
2. Hat-trick of triple-A DLC announced
www.mcvuk.com/news/43225/Hat-trick-of-triple-A-DLC-announced
3. MCV AWARDS 2011: People & Industry
www.mcvuk.com/news/43228/MCV-AWARDS-2011-People-Industry
4. March 2nd reveal for iPad 2
www.mcvuk.com/news/43171/March-2nd-reveal-for-iPad-2
5. GAME reveals 3DS Play/Trade deal
www.mcvuk.com/news/43164/GAME-reveals-3DS-PlayTrade-deal
6. Famitsu reviews 3DS launch line-up
www.mcvuk.com/news/43174/Famitsu-reviews-3DS-launch-line-up
7. Apple confirms iPad 2 reveal next week
www.mcvuk.com/news/43190/Apple-confirms-iPad-2-reveal-next-week
8. OPINION: Leave HMV alone
www.mcvuk.com/news/43153/OPINION-Leave-HMV-alone
9. PS3 modders unbanning themselves
www.mcvuk.com/news/43145/PS3-modders-unbanning-themselves
10. FTC to examine freemium games model
www.mcvuk.com/news/43180/FTC-to-examine-freemium-games-model
www.mcvuk.com
GAME trade-in credit for the 3DS if bought and returned within one month
Downloads of Capcom’s Smurfs’ Villageon the App Store
£190 10m 100
Clips of movies available in Yoostar 2on day one
12m
The potential audience Ginx TV expects to attract when it launches this month
100m
Rovio’s download target for Angry Birds– which it is very close to hitting
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