NEWS: DIGEST
THE NEWS IN 140 CHARACTERS We read Twitter so you don’t have to
IanHigton I think it’s pretty safe to say that none of my tweets today will end up in next weeks MCV. (Ian Higton, Platform 32) Wednesday, July 4th
BenjiWilson Personally – and I don’t have any inside info on this – I can’t imagine PS4 not having a disc drive. Blu-ray too much of a big deal for Sony. (Ben Wilson, Official PlayStation Magazine) Wednesday, July 4th
KittyKat1988_ Just read about the @GamesAid Christmas Concert on @MCVonline. Does anyone want a Saxophonist? It’s like real-life Rock/Jazz Band!
(Katie Rossiter, Xbox Live Ambassador) Wednesday, July 4th
ianinthefuture I can’t believe I ever stopped playing Peace Walker. It’s like Football Manager with guns and sneaking.
(Ian Dransfield, Imagine Publishing) Friday, July 6th
XanderDavisLive Perhaps Microsoft and Sony will release Wii U style controllers that are portable and run on Cloud services entirely. No console. (Xander Davis, game designer) Friday, July 6th
ID_AA_Carmack Had a great visit with Abrash and crew at Valve yesterday to talk VR/AR -- nice to meet some people I only knew from twitter! (John Carmack, id Software) Saturday, July 7th
PercyBlakeney63 All kids of 7 and under shouting Angry Birdsshows how games are the number 1, mobile ones at that. #special10k
(Andy Payne, Mastertronic) Sunday, July 8th
jasonschreier The best part about watching tennis is how everyone in the audience claps like crazy no matter what happens. It’s like E3.
(Jason Schreier, Kotaku) Sunday, July 8th
IndoorHeroes Is there a game yet with a gun that turns people inside out when you shoot them? If not then this’ll be why the industry is in the toilet. (Chris Thomas, GameSpot UK) Monday, July 9th
alex_navarro If you're a game journalist and you didn't use today's Fassbender story as an excuse to attach creepy stills from Shame, you lose. Big time. (Alex Navarro, Giant Bomb) Monday, July 9th
THE MOST POPULAR STORIES ON
MCVUK.COM THIS WEEK
Our biggest stories for the week ending Friday, July 6th
1. Terrifying horror game Slender available for free
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/terrifying-horror-game-slender-available-for-free/099058 2. PS4, Xbox 720 “will fail if they let retail dictate game pricing”
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ps3-xbox-720-will-fail-if-they-let-retailers-dictate-game-pricing/099051 3. MegaUpload “will return”
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/megaupload-will-return/099156 4. Confident Konami questions FIFA 13 innovation
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/confident-konami-questions-fifa-13-innovation/098853 5. ANALYSIS: Xbox Smartglass
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/analysis-xbox-smartglass/099004 6. Is this a PS3 Super Slim?
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/is-this-a-ps3-super-slim/099054 7. Sony: ‘We need retail for next generation’
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/sony-we-need-retail-for-next-generation/099146 8. European Court validates pre-owned, gives nod to digital resale
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/european-court-rules-that-pre-owned-games-are-legal-challenges-drm/098925 9. When Riccitiello said Battlefield players could pay $1 per reload
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/when-riccitiello-said-battlefield-players-could-be-pay-a-per-reload/098915 10. Tomb Raider ‘rape’ controversy continues to dog Crystal Dynamics
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/tomb-raider-rape-controversy-continues-to-dog-crystal-dynamics/098850
//CLASSIC//MX World Tour
Another classic from System 3’s value-priced games label, Play It. MX World Touris a motorcross game with 32 different competitions, 12 riders, customisable bikes (with hundreds of different combinations) and famous commentator and racer Jamie Little. The racing game also had a fantastic split-screen multiplayer mode. It is one of Europe’s top selling PS2 value games, selling in excess 1.5m copies.
www.mcvuk.com europesales@pdp.com Released: 2005 Formats: PS2, PSN
www.pdp.com July 13th 2012
PRESENTS FACTS 5 SECOND
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting
The amount analysts believe GTA Vcould generate at US retail – but it won’t be enough to grow the market if released this year.
$700m
Japanese Vita sales for the week ending July 1st. The release of the Crystal White SKU doubled weekly sales.
22,638
Number of signatures on an online petition about the lack of female avatars in Aliens: Colonial Marines.
3,142
Disney has invested £3m into an online ad campaign about child safety in Club Penguin
£3m
Miles from London to Cologne. 2K is inviting journalists on a free trip to Gamescom on their Borderlands 2-themed bus.
370 PDP designs and
manufactures the Afterglow Communicator for Xbox 360
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