NEWS: DIGEST
THE WEEK IN 140 CHARACTERS The Tweets you might have missed in the last seven days
@DigitalXentric To be honest, I wish 360 Titanfall wasn’t coming out. I don’t want to imagine the sacrifices that had to be made to get it working. (Joe Robinson, freelance games journalist) Wednesday, March 19th
@MrPointyHead Other thing that no inFamous reviews seem to mention: its incredibly right-wing, zero tolerance attitude to drugs.
(Dan Maher, Explosive Alan) Thursday, March 20th
@RichStanton OH MY GOD if you dive into guards in Ground ZeroesBig Boss spears them!!! GOTY confirmed!
(Richard Stanton, freelance games journalist) Friday, March 23rd
@NeilGortz Monster Hunterproduct manager putting an angry call into McDonalds customer service for being given the wrong (non mario) happy meal toy. (Neil Gorton, Capcom) Monday, March 24th
@minliangtan I should be working but all I can think of is playing @Titanfallgame
(Min-Liang Tan, Razer) Monday, March 24th
@drinkrelaxreplay Operation Relocation under way, if games have taught me well, I should be able to combine items to free up inventory space in the van. (James Dance, Loading Bar) Monday, March 24th
@Doctoe Straight into 2 hour UKTI data group meeting with no voice and fat pants on. #postgdc
(Jo Twist, UKIE) Monday, March 24th
@xeroxeroxero Routinely dismayed that Sony doesn’t give out PlayStation Vita debugs to press so that they can preview indie games.
(Peter Willington, Pocket Gamer) Monday, March 24th
@richardcobbett Ah, the joy of doing Skype interviews with two cats play-fighting all around. Nothing says professional like “One second- HUMBUG!”
(Richard Cobbett, freelance games journalist)
@DrStuLovegrove Sorry to hear the news about job losses at SCEE studios today... if you are looking for work be sure to contact me.
(Stuart Lovegrove, Firesprite Games) Tuesday, March 25th
Our biggest stories for the week ending March 24th THE MOST POPULAR STORIES ON
MCVUK.COM THIS WEEK
1. Xbox One hardware jumps 96% on Titanfall
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/xbox-one-hardware-jumps-96-on- titanfall-launch/0129687
2. From Software responds to Dark Souls II graphics downgrade concerns
http://www.mcvuk.com/news /read/from-software- responds-to-dark-souls-ii- graphics-downgrade- concerns/0129831
3. Xbox One UK sales spike but PS4 still in control
http://www.mcvuk.com/news /read/xbox-one-uk-sales- spike-but-ps4-still-in- control/0129972
4. REVEALED: The biggest UK games websites
http://www.mcvuk.com/news /read/revealed-the-biggest- uk-games-websites/0129973
5. Sucker Punch: We’d love Second Son to beat Titanfall
http://www.mcvuk.com/news /read/sucker-punch-second- son-could-be-the-biggest- title-on ps4/0129968
europesales@pdp.com www.pdp.com
PRESENTS FACTS 5 SECOND
Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting
21,849,017 The total unique players of
FIFA Ultimate Teamsince its creation in 2008
1m
Ubisoft says VR devices need to sell over 1m units in order to be successful
4K
Titanfallon PC will support the ultra-high resolution
£300m The closure of the
VAT loophole could boost the Treasury to the tune of £300m
PDP Design & Manufacture the Officially Licensed EA Battlefield 4 Controller for Xbox & PS3 Consoles
www.mcvuk.com
November 16th 2012
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