NEWS: DIGEST
THE NEWS IN 140 CHARACTERS We read Twitter so you don’t have to
misterbrilliant My very eager nipples just earned me ten new followers.
(Steve Hogarty, ONM) Monday, July 4th
Rich_Eddy F1 2011event tomorrow in W2 to celebrate British GP week. Multiplayer reveal and actual F1 car incoming. Better write my script then. #Ummm
(Rich Eddy, Codemasters) Tuesday, July 5th
PersonalNadir In light of Team Bondi, Rockstar Spouse and other nightmare working conditions do we need a Fairtrade label for games?
(Tom Piercy, Jagex) Wednesday, July 6th
NGamer_mag Just tried to greet Edgewith a high five, only to be told that NGamer’s high five is an Edgehigh three. Snobs! #edgewatch
(NGamer Magazine) Wednesday, July 6th
benfurneaux @Michael_French Can you please do the reverse of the UFCcompetition with Cooking Mamaand cake?
(Ben Furneaux, Turbulenz) Thursday, July 7th
ChrisVideoGamer I resent @squidmania spreading rumours that I was “furiously masturbating” to this week’s issue of MCV. I wasn't furious at all! (Chris Thomas,
VideoGamer.com) Thursday, July 7th
Leearigold If the world pulls together then we can stop these celeb driven drivel newspapers from existing. Honestly just imagine? Wtf would Katona do?
(Lee Kirton, Namco Bandai) Thursday, July 7th
gjones243 @Leearigold but then where would we all place games comps and pics of whichever celeb we've hired to whore themselves out? ;)
(Greg Jones, Freelance) Thursday, July 7th
_wottaMCVlooks awesome, always thought it was a great site, even better now.
(Joe Anderson,
ShopTo.net) Friday, July 8th
5 SECOND
FACTS
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting
600,000
Downloads of Super Meat Boyahead of its retail release on August 26th
$150
The price of one ticket for Activision’s Call of Duty XP event
15bn Apple App Store
JaminVGWriting “inFamous” with a lower-case ‘i’ and an upper-case ‘F’ pisses me off much more than it should do.
(Jamin Smith,
VideoGamer.com) Friday, July 8th
THE MOST POPULAR STORIES ON
MCVUK.COM THIS WEEK
Our biggest stories for the week ending Monday, July 4th
1. New MCV site, new comments system
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/new-mcv-site-new-comments-system/037510
2. Intent Media launches MCV Pacific
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/intent-media-launches-mcv-pacific/031880
3. Call of Duty Elite is “the best free games service ever made”
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/call-of-duty-elite-is-the-best-free-games-service-ever-made/042679
4. New MCV site adds member benefits
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/new-mcv-site-adds-member-benefits/033598
5. Burnout Crash finally smashes into view
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/burnout-crash-finally-smashes-into-view/042688
6. No More Heroes goes XXX
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/no-more-heroes-goes-xxx/02961
7. Bethesda reveals new IP Dishonored
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/bethesda-reveals-new-ip-dishonored/042678
8. Retailers praise Vita price
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/retailers-praise-vita-price-but-when-will-it-arrive/042680 9. OPINION: Please don’t stop the music
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/opinion-please-don-t-stop-the-music/042681
10. Mad Catz to publish 360 games
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/mad-catz-to-publish-360-games/042687
www.mcvuk.com
applications downloaded to date
73%
Digitally active gamers surveyed by MCVwho use online download service Steam
4
Consecutive GfK Chart-Track No.1 positions for 505 Games’ Zumba Fitness
323,112
Record monthly unique users for MCV’s sister website Develop Online in June
15
Suspected members of hacking group Anonymous arrested last week
$100m
Amount spent by Zynga on studio acquisitions last year
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