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THE NEWS IN 140 CHARACTERS We read Twitter so you don’t have to
charltonbrooker Arrgh. Coin Dropon the iPhone. Angry Birdscrossed with Peggle. That's like crossing crack cocaine with bubble wrap. SEND HELP.
(Charlie Brooker, The Guardian) Sunday, April 24th
DerekRacca Nintendo announces the Wii 2 on the anniversary of the discovery of DNA by Watson and Crick, coincidence or not?
(Derek Racca, Activision) Monday, April 25th
mikerawly At what “cost” to you do businesses provide you with “free”? Remember, nothing in this world is for nothing! #PSN hack.
(Michael Rawlinson, formerly UKIE) Wednesday, April 27th
Mrchrisaddison According to the Wii FitMrs. A just unpacked, we’re not supposed to do it post- booze. FUCK YOU, WII FIT, WE MAKE OUR OWN RULES. *Calls A&E*
(Chris Addison, comedian) Thursday, April 28th
Wazzaroon08 Just playing new Tiger Woods game on Xbox. What a game. The graphics nowadays is crazy
(Wayne Rooney, footballer) Thursday, April 28th
DavidVonderhaar True story. The Xbox Live profiles we created for today's event and cheated up on purpose, got auto flagged for cheating and reset. Whoops.
(David Vonderhaar, Treyarch) Tuesday, May 3rd
georgeb3dr Part of me has to believe that Bin Laden simply never player a Tower Defense game in his life.
(George Broussard, 3D Realms) Tuesday, May 3rd
MrJonty Bet the Queen can't wait to whip out her 3DS and see who's appeared on StreetPass.
(Jon Hicks, OXM) Friday, April 29th
Leearigold I just played Duke Nukem Forever and Ever. It’s the sequel
(Lee Kirton, Namco Bandai) Sunday, May 1st
Simon_Pegg Isn’t it amazing what the American Military can accomplish when they can’t practice online via Call of Duty
(Simon Pegg, actor) Monday, May 2nd
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FACTS
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting
$225m
Profits for Microsoft’s entertainment & devices division in Q1 2011
77m
PSN users who had their personal details accessed by an outside source
£41m
Digital revenues at GAME for the year ending January 2011, up 27 per cent
Codemasters’ ad spend on Dirt 3
Our biggest stories for the week ending Tuesday, April 26th
THE MOST POPULAR STORIES ON
MCVUK.COM THIS WEEK 1. Visa assures PSN users
www.mcvuk.com/news/44091/Visa-assures-PSN-users
2. PSN: Credit card details up for sale
www.mcvuk.com/news/44131/PSN-Credit-card-details-up-for-sale 3. National press savages PSN
www.mcvuk.com/news/44084/National-press-savages-PSN
4. Nintendo confirms new home console
www.mcvuk.com/news/44058/Nintendo-confirms-new-home-console
5. Xbox Live suffers “service alert”
www.mcvuk.com/news/44088/Xbox-Live-suffers-service-alert
6. Sony dates speculative PSN return
www.mcvuk.com/news/44108/Sony-dates-speculative-PSN-return
7. Nightmare Easter for Sony
www.mcvuk.com/news/44057/Nightmare-Easter-for-Sony
8. Xbox 360 wins lion’s share of Portal 2 sales
www.mcvuk.com/news/44064/Xbox-360-wins-lions-share-of-Portal-2-sales
9. Sony confirms PSN data theft
www.mcvuk.com/news/44078/Sony-admits-PSN-personal-security-risk
10. Geohotz: PSN hack ‘is not cool’...
www.mcvuk.com/news/44114/Geohotz-PSN-hack-is-not-cool
www.mcvuk.com
£1m 12
EA titles in March’s Top 50 games chart
345,000 2
UK sales of Nintendo’s DS title Art Academy
The number of new Sony tablet devices due for launch this autumn
Expected attendees at this month’s MCM Expo
60,000 39
The number of exclusive SKUs that GAME stores stocked last year
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