THE RUNNING MAN RETURNS Tenshi Ventures partner Jonathan Newth continues to run marathons for charity. Earlier this month, he ran a 20-mile stretch between Exmouth and Tiverton as part of a larger event that will see runners racing all the way around Britain. He has raised over £1,000 for Brain Tumour UK.
£40,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support and are currently looking for their next challenge.
OFF THE RECORD
BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT Congratulations again to Andy Payne, who recently received his OBE.
The Most Excellent industry veteran was named an Officer of the Most Excellent
Order of the British Empire in the 2012 New Year’s Honours List earlier this year. He was finally handed the accolade this month during an official ceremony at Buckingham Palace.
FROM THE ARCHIVE... TWO YEARS AGO MCV May 21st, 2010
NEWS
Richard Branson will use E3 to unveil Virgin’s return to the video games business… MCV launches an iPad edition... Namco VP Olivier Comte says the industry must change the way games are priced and sold to prevent further market decline… The organisers behind London
CHARTS
1. 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP EA....................................360, PS3, Wii, PSP
2. ALAN WAKE Microsoft......................................................360
3. LOST PLANET 2 Capcom..............................................360, PS3
4. JUST DANCE Ubisoft ............................................................Wii
Namco Bandai invites the press to Barcelona for a special showcase of its upcoming titles, and entertains everyone with karaoke… And Sega’s David Corless (pictured) makes it to the final of wet and wild BBC game show Total Wipeout. According to the Beeb, he’s a “computer games marketeer”. Whatever that means…
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Games Festival announce this year’s event will be a month long... EA works with retailers to promote free-to- download MMO racer Need For Speed Worldwith prepaid game cards… THQ predicts record sales for Big Beach Sports 2… Future Publishing relaunches GamesMaster… Sony launches the PSP Essentials range to boost sales among younger gamers…