NEWS: DIGEST
THE NEWS IN 140 CHARACTERS We read Twitter so you don’t have to
shaver *Great* job post title: “Sony Electronics is looking for a talented Sr. Application Security Analyst for our HQ in San Diego. You know why.” (Mike Shaver, Mozilla) Tuesday, June 28th
Jam_sponge I think I’ve worked out the best way to get the 15k damage achievement on L.A. Noire, by the way – get my girlfriend to drive.
(Matt Lees, OXM) Wednesday, June 29th
PlayMagRyan E3 phone bill is 111 quid. Ouch :( (Ryan King, Play)
Wednesday, June 29th
AndyGray_ Why am I taking this personally? RT @MCVonline: EA Sports ditches Andy Gray
http://bit.ly/mHyF2A
(Andy Gray, Codemasters) Thursday, June 30th
HIDEO_KOKIMA_EN Going somewhere with Cliff B by a cab. Have no idea where we are going ;-) (Hideo Kojima, Kojima Productions) Thursday, June 30th
BenKuchera Zynga’s SEC Filing is fascinating reading. Their business is so damn precarious. (Ben Kuchera, Ars Technica) Friday, July 1st
milessi I’m cancelling Football Manager 2012. Everyone at the studio has broken their toe, so we can't think, code or draw. Sorry.
(Miles Jacobson, Sports Interactive) Sunday, July 3rd
neonkelly I feel sorry for @James_Batchelor. That UFC thing starts today; half our editorial team is sending him half-naked photos of themselves. (Neon Kelly,
VideoGamer.com) Monday, July 4th
therealcliffyb In a cab with Kojima. If it crashed it would suck.
(Cliff Bleszinski, Epic Games) Thursday, June 30th
rclarke Dear me aged 13, in the future the makers of Doomand Syndicatewill collaborate on a game but it’ll be about chipmunks building a funfair :( (Robin Clarke, games producer) Friday, July 1st
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FACTS
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting
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Weekly No.1s for 505 Games’ Zumba Fitnessin the GfK Chart-Track Top Ten games chart
111%
Week-on-week sales increase for Virtua Tennis 4
Comet’s loss for its fiscal year ending April 30th
£8.9m 77
Days Sony’s PSN Store has been offline in Japan following the PSN hack. It went back online on July 6th
THE MOST POPULAR STORIES ON
MCVUK.COM THIS WEEK
Our biggest stories for the week ending Monday, July 4th
1. Black Ops breaks UK sales record
www.mcvuk.com/news/45115/Black-Ops-breaks-UK-sales-record
2. Pachter: Vita will rob Nintendo market share
www.mcvuk.com/news/45169/Pachter-Vita-will-rob-Nintendo-market-share
3. OnLive discussing Xbox, PS3 partnership
www.mcvuk.com/news/45098/OnLive-discussing-Xbox-PS3-partnership
4. HMV won’t accept Mercenaries trade-ins
www.mcvuk.com/news/45133/HMV-blocks-Mercenaries-trade-ins
5. Cleary bailed, banned from the internet
www.mcvuk.com/news/45116/Cleary-bailed-banned-from-the-internet
6. MS: Is 3D something gamers want?
www.mcvuk.com/news/45129/MS-Is-3D-something-gamers-want
7. Zelda leads 3DS charge
www.mcvuk.com/news/45095/Zelda-leads-3DS-charge
8. Sony denies PS3 160GB phase-out
www.mcvuk.com/news/45111/Sony-denies-PS3-160GB-phase-out
9. Forza 4 grabs BMW exclusive
www.mcvuk.com/news/45097/Forza-4-grabs-BMW-exclusive
10. EA Sports ditches Andy Gray
www.mcvuk.com/news/45142/EA-Sports-ditches-Andy-Gray
www.mcvuk.com July 8th 2011 11 500,000
Google Android handsets activated every day, on average
4 The number of
commentators in FIFA 12 following Andy Gray’s departure
85
The number of specialist game stores that have closed in the past 12 months at the very least
£121.7m
HMV Group’s loss for its year ending April 30th
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