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THE NEWS IN 140 CHARACTERS We read Twitter so you don’t have to
Harada_TEKKEN I’m planning a Music event during the gamescom in Germany. DJ is the composers of the TEKKENseries. I’ll reserve the good club in Cologne.
(Katsuhiro Harada, Tekken producer) Sunday, July 22nd
Thrungus I still don’t understand the whole ‘Linkin Park x Medal of Honor’deal. I couldn’t think of anything worse to listen to on the way into war. (Sam Clay, VG247) Tuesday, July 24th
RSG_Angel It just isn’t a Thursday lunchtime without flicking through MCV:)
(Sarah Leus, Rising Star Games) Thursday, July 26th
tim One of the 20 windows I have open has a noisy ad blaring. But which one?! Maybe this could be a fun new game idea for Zynga.
(Tim Bradshaw, Financial Times) Thursday, July 26th
RichStanton My iPhone just tried to autocorrect Farmvilleto FarmVille, it can get fucked.
(Rich Stanton, freelance journalist) Thursday, July 26th
JimSterling Anyone who says game controllers scare mainstream users with all their buttons has never seen a television remote.
(Jim Sterling, Destructoid) Thursday, July 26th
cymrogav 3DS not a 3DS XL at the opening ceremony?! Missed PR opportunity. #london2012 (Gavin Murphy, Future Publishing) Friday, July 27th
Willeth I wonder how many StreetPasses that kid is going to get.#Olympics
(Will Templeton, giffgaff) Friday, July 27th
ruttski Wish I was watching the Olympics opening - but busy at
work...kinda sucks, but for the best cause #FIFA13
(David Rutter, EA Sports) Friday, July 27th
PeterPanoSan Today at Namco Bandai, the Product Manager, Senior PM, PR Exec, Sales Assistant and Finance Manager tried to tape me to my chair. Failed. HA
(Peter Oliver, Namco Bandai) Wednesday, July 25th
PRESENTS FACTS 5 SECOND
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting
£5,000
The maximum sentence for selling games to underage customers is £5,000 and six years in prison now that PEGI is legally enforceable
¥10,331m Nintendo’s operating loss
for the quarter ending June 30th, 2012, attributed partly to disappointing 3DS sales
2015 THE MOST POPULAR STORIES ON
MCVUK.COM THIS WEEK
Our biggest stories for the week ending, Monday, July 30th
1. DayZ-inspired ‘The War Z’ announced
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/dayz-inspired-the-war-z-announced 2. Terrifying horror game Slender available for free
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/terrifying-horror-game-slender-available-for-free 3. GameStop reveals its own 3DS XL trade-in deal
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/gamestop-reveals-its-own-3ds-xl-trade-in-deal 4. Transformers: Fall of Cybertron gets exclusive pre-order offers
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/transformers-fall-of-cybertron-gets-exclusive-pre-order-offers 5. New Xbox studio to open in London
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/new-xbox-studio-to-open-in-london 6. Bethesda: Skyrim’s Dawnguard DLC not announced for PS3, PC
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/bethesda-skyrim-s-dawnguard-dlc-not-announced-for-ps3-pc 7. PEGI games ratings come into force today
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/pegi-games-ratings-come-into-effect-today 8. ASA rules against Activision’s Modern Warfare 3 ad
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/asa-rules-against-activision-s-modern-warfare-3-ad 9. Did Apple patent a game controller? Actually, no it didn’t
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/did-apple-patent-a-game-controller-actually-no-it-didn-t 10. PS3 Super Slim will miss Gamescom
www.mcvuk.com/news/read/ps3-super-slim-will-miss-gamescom
//CLASSIC//SuperCar Challenge
Forget Gran Turismo, SuperCar Challengehas been hailed by professional racers, the press and gamers as the greatest racing simulation on PS3. With a 9/10 from TheSixthAxisand a 4/5 in The Sunday Times. It was rammed with features, including 40 SuperCars, 20 licensed tracks, arcade, assisted and sim modes, 16-player online, dynamic AI and lots, lots more.
Released: PS3 Formats: 2009
www.mcvuk.com europesales@pdp.com
www.pdp.com August 3rd 2012
The ESA has announced E3 will be held in Los Angeles for the next three years, with multiple venues as of 2013
120,000
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD sold more than 120,000 copies in its first week
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There are four different pre- order packs for Dishonored available from
GAME/Gamestation, Tesco, Amazon and
ShopTo.net
PDP designs and manufactures the Epic Mickey 2 Paintbrush for Wii
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