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THE NEWS IN 140 CHARACTERS We read Twitter so you don’t have to
michaelgapper The wellbeing of the UK’s entire games industry is now in the hands of the captain of Virgin flight VS7.
(Michael Gapper, PSM3/Xbox World) Saturday, June 2nd
DomCarey Saw @pmolyneux doing an interview over breakfast, felt the familiar urge to hover. #oldhabitsdiehard
(Dominic Carey, Xbox) Wednesday, June 6th
HollieB Sent out a press release about our Tekken and Snoop Dogg team up. I spelled Snoop Dogg with one ‘g’ – I’m so white.
(Hollie Bennett, Namco Bandai) Wednesday, June 6th
therealcliffyb I’m supposed to complain about how exhausting #E3 is but who am I kidding... I was born for this shit.
(Cliff Blezinski, Epic Games) Wednesday, June 6th
IndoorHeroes Just seen a post-E3 @readysebbygo. That man looks like he needs to be in bed. And possibly hooked up to a vitamin drip.
(Chris Thomas, GameSpot) Monday, June 11th
majornelson The Friday after coming home from #E3 is a strange combination of exhaustion and relief
(Larry Hyrb, Xbox) Thursday, June 7th
BenjiWilson Unable to check into flight home. Outward one was 60 overbooked. Bet I end up going to Glasgow via Reykjavik. #E3
(Ben Wilson, Official PlayStation Magazine) Thursday, June 7th
NickParker4U The writing was on the wall for a weak E3; it’s a shame publishers don’t plan better rather than turn up for an expensive willy wave (Nick Parker, Parker Consulting) Friday, June 8th
markyward Off to WB film studios with @pelloki @guycocker @AoifeLockhart @squidmania. Can still taste Malibu & Pineapple. And Jaegerbomb (Mark Ward, Warner Bros) Friday, June 8th
ViralNinja Just heard the most amazing E3 story. It involved a clean up crew, a night in jail and an awkward apology
(Richie Churchill, 2K Games) Friday, June 8th
THE MOST POPULAR STORIES ON
MCVUK.COM THIS WEEK
Our biggest stories for the week ending Friday, June 8th
1. Nintendo shares fall following E3 presentation
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/nintendo-shares-fall-following-e3-presentation/097533 2. WATCH THE VIDEO: Ubisoft’s new IP Watch Dogs revealed
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ubisoft-new-ip-watch-dogs-revealed/097324 3. Battlefield 3 Premium subscription goes live today
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ea-battlefield-3-premium-subscription-goes-live-today/097313 4. Watch the Nintendo press conference here, LIVE
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/e3-2012-watch-the-nintendo-press-conference-here-live/097433 5. Peter Molyneux’s £50,000 DLC
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/peter-molyneux-s-50-000-dlc/097605 6. GAME Group collapse assets could leave creditors £131.2m out of pocket
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/game-group-collapse-assets-could-leave-creditors-131-2m-out-of-pocket/097691 7. Assassin’s Creed III made possible by annualised releases
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/assassin-s-creed-3-made-possible-by-annualised-releases/097734 8. European PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection detailed
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/e3-2012-european-playstation-plus-instant-game-collection-detailed/097431 9. Watch Dogs could be next-gen, will use SmartGlass
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/e3-2012-watch-dogs-could-be-next-gen-will-use-smartglass/097531 10. Wreck-it-Ralph: Who can you spot in this new screen?
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/wreck-it-ralph-who-can-you-spot-in-this-new-screen/097536
//CLASSIC//Williams Pinball Classics
System 3 took pinball gameplay to another level with this title, scoring 9s and 8s from the specialist media and heralded as the best pinball game yet released on consoles. It featured 13 of the most popular Williams pinball tables, an intelligent camera system – putting players exactly where they needed to be – and some of the best pinball physics outside of the real thing. The title was released in glorious 1080p HD and with online leaderboards.
www.mcvuk.com europesales@pdp.com Released: 2011 Formats: Wii, PS3, 360, PSP
www.pdp.com June 15th 2012
PRESENTS FACTS 5 SECOND
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting
£50,000
Cost of the diamond chisel in Peter Molyneux’s new game Curiosity. Only one person can download it
Zynga shares dropped ten per cent after an analyst
10%
said Facebook games were ‘in an accelerating user tail spin’
Angry Birds Spacehas been downloaded 100m times
100m
Resolution of the new retina display MacBook Pro, as shown by Diablo III
2880 x1800
Sales of UFC Undisputed. It needed 2m to break even
1.4m
The Wii U GamePad will run for between three and five hours per charge
3 to 5
PDP distributes the Afterglow controller for Xbox 360
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