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Read More »Review of the Decade – 2007
Moving through another year of our historical journey, Tim Ingham gives a nod to the 12 months that gave us PS3, Xbox Elite – and a whole lot of consolidation… Click here to see the full piece in our features section.
Read More »Review of the Decade – 2003
MCV’s look back at how the games industry fared during the last decade continues with a focus on what happened in 2003. Michael French flicks through the archives and reads about N-Gage, the strugglign GameCube and yet more audacious advertising… Check out the full story in our features section.
Read More »Review of the Decade – 2002
Continuing our look at the formative games industry events of the decade, we look back to 2002, when the war between format-holders began to heat up… The features section has the full thing.
Read More »Review of the Decade – 2001
Continuing our series of retrospective articles covering the ‘noughties’, Michael French looks back at the key industry happenings in 2001. And turn over for our look at what happened the following year, too… Click here to read the full thing.
Read More »Review of the Decade – 2000
In the first of a series of features looking back on the last ten years in the video games industry, Michael French raids the MCV archives to chronicle the arrival of the ‘Noughties’… Head over to the features section for more.
Read More »Guardian reaffirms games coverage commitment
UK newspaper The Guardian has today outlined its plans to continue covering games – despite the closure of its weekly Technology supplement. Games content at the paper will now move to its daily weekday G2 supplement – from Thursday, January 7th there will be weekly print reviews in G2, as …
Read More »MCV Awards 2010: Nintendo sponsors retail category
Key sponsors are already being tied up for next year’s MCV Awards – which return to London on Thursday April 22nd – with platform holder Nintendo named as the official partner of the retail category. Retail is a key element of the MCV Industry Excellence Awards, with every single major …
Read More »MCV Awards 2010: Premier PR sponsors New Games Brand
Key sponsors are already being tied up for next year’s MCV Awards – which return to London on Thursday April 22nd – and ambitious agency Premier PR has been confirmed as the sponsor of the New Games Brand award. Premier PR is already making a name for itself as a …
Read More »Government fast-tracking VRA fix
The Department for Culture, Media And Sport has revealed that it is to fast-track a Bill through Parliament that will close the loophole in the Video Recordings Act 1984 that meant it was no longer illegal to sell adult movies and games to children. Dubbed The Video Recordings Bill, the …
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