Entries in 'february' (20)
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Twisted Metal UK release date confirmed
PlayStation 3 exclusive Twisted Metal will arrive in the UK on February 17th, Sony has told MCV.
House of the Dead 3 and 4 creep onto PSN
PS3 owners will be able to download House of the Dead 3 exclusively via PSN next month, with its sequel to follow in spring.
Sony outlines UK Vita tour
UK consumers will be able to go hands-on with PlayStation Vita games such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss before the handheld launches.
Sega shooter Binary Domain out February
The squad-based third-person shooter designed by Yakuza creator Toshihiro Nagoshi will arrive in the UK on February 17th next year.
Black Ops claims all-time US crown
Following its chart-topping performance in February, US sales tracker NPD has confirmed that Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops has become the best-selling game ever in the region.
AvP devours February charts
The big games of February may have belonged to Sega, Ubisoft and Take-Two, but it was EA that emerged as the biggest publisher last month.
UK games market holds steady in Feb
The value of the UK games software market in February fell two per cent year-on-year, according to ELSPA/GfK Chart-Track.
Sales boom puts EA back on top
It’s been a bumper 2010 so far for EA, thanks to a 3.6 per cent year-on-year rise in sell through for the publisher.
US: DS breaks Feb records too
Hot on the heels of news that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 enjoyed its best ever February in the US last month, Nintendo has announced that its twin-screened portable has managed the ...
US: 360 enjoys biggest ever Feb
Despite having reached what traditionally would have been regarded as retirement age in console years, Xbox 360 has just enjoyed its best ever February in the US.
NPD: BioShock 2 top Feb charts
Following the trend set by video games hardware sales in the US last month, software sales suffered a 15 per cent year-on-year decline with the total February value hitting $624.4m.
NPD: February market up year-on-year
The North American video games market has once again defied the global credit crunch by showing significant year-on-year gains for the month of February – and Nintendo is the company ...
Retail sales dip in February
The unexpected upturn in retail fortunes seen in January has not been carried over to February, with the British Retail Consortium reporting a 1.8 per cent like-for-like drop on the ...
US: June games market jumps 53 per cent year-on-year
The North American June sales figures from NPD have shown that total spending on gaming in the territory for the period hit $1.69 billion – up an incredible 53 per ...
FEATURE: UK February Charts analysis
The latest exclusive MCV UK Charts analysis, in conjunction with ChartTrack and ELSPA, shows that February was a tough time for the PC market – though not for chart-toppers Nintendo ...
US: Nintendo and Sony bullish over Feb figures
Following NPD’s games industry report for North America in February, Nintendo and Sony have responded in bullish fashion and spoken positively about the year ahead.
US: Microsoft confident as spend on 360 beats rivals
Microsoft’s response to NPD’s February sales figures may have been comparatively muted, but its confidence ahead of the release of Rockstar’s GTAIV is still clear to see.
US: Feb sales reach $1.3bn
US sales body NPD has released its figures for games industry sales in February in North America, and they show a massive 47 per cent increase in software sales and ...
US: Microsoft predicts February sales loss
Ahead of the release of the official North American NPD sales figures for February, Microsoft has conceded that its Xbox 360 was most likely outsold by Sony’s PS3 last month ...
