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NEWS
REVIEW SCORES MCV provides the most important average review scores of the last few days – all sourced from Metacritic...
88%
Need for Speed: Shift EA, 360
80%
76%
74%
71%
Soulcalibur: Destiny, PSP, Ubisoft
Champ Man 2010, PC, Eidos
Wet, 360, Bethesda
Mini Ninjas, PS3, Eidos
*Metacritic scores correct at the time of going to press
DEAL OF THE WEEK
250GB ‘MOVIE’ PS3 THIS CHRISTMAS? Retail sources suggest Sony will soon unveil a 250GB PS3 Slim SKU, with signs pointing to an assortment of high-capacity bundles being readied for Christmas. A leading entertainment retailer has backed up the rumours to MCV, adding that alongside the expected Uncharted 2 and Eyepet packs, the firm is also planning a high-capacity ‘movie bundle’. Included will be the rumoured 250GB PS3 Slim, Blu-Ray remote control, Blu-Ray movie and – possibly – Sony’s PlayTV attachment which turns PS3 into a fully-functional Freeview TV recorder. A spokesperson told MCV that Sony “does not comment on rumour and speculation”. ERA: FILESHARING IS “BLEEDING RETAIL DRY” The new chairman of the Entertainment Retailers Association Paul Quirk has
MCV offers a weekly digest of the latest news on the High Street... claimed that internet file-sharing “is bleeding our industry dry”. “Illegal filesharing is damaging our businesses, both physical and digital, on a daily basis, and the government needs to tackle it swiftly and decisively in order to protect jobs, businesses and investment,” Quirk told attendees at the recent ERA AGM. “Unless action is taken the filesharers will come for computer games, books – in fact anything which can be digitised – and what will be at stake will be not just the entertainment industry but huge swathes of the UK economy. We need action now.” PSP MINIS ‘WILL PROBABLY COME TO UMD’ The sub-100MB-sized PSP Minis may soon end up on store shelves as packaged UMD games, according to Sony. “A boxed package of multiple Minis games on a single UMD is a real possibility at a later stage,” said Sony Europe’s head of developer relations Zeno Colaco, in an interview with Develop.
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MCV POLL
GAME is offering the chance to save £89.99 with an Xbox 360 Elite bundle that includes the console, Grand Theft Auto IV and Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for £199.99.
WILL APPLE'S GAMING PUSH POSE A THREAT TO DS AND PSP? 48% YES
INDIE CHARTS - ALL FORMATS LAST WEEK
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TITLE/FORMAT
PUBLISHER
COLIN MCRAE: DIRT 2 FORMAT: 360
DEVELOPER: CODEMASTERS PUBLISHER: CODEMASTERS
2
NEW
3
1
COLIN MCRAE: DIRT 2 PS3 BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM 360
4
2
BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM PS3
5
3
WII SPORTS RESORT - WITH WII MOTION PLUS Wii
6
NEW
GUITAR HERO 5 SOLUS 360
7
NEW
THE BEATLES: ROCK BAND 360
8
7
DISSIDIA: FINAL FANTASY LIMITED EDITION PSP
9
6
IL-2 STURMOVIK: BIRDS OF PREY 360
10
NEW
GUITAR HERO 5 SOLUS PS3
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CODEMASTERS EIDOS EIDOS NINTENDO ACTIVISION BLIZZARD EA SQUARE ENIX 505 GAMES ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
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52% NO
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Wii AND THE Wii LOGO ARE TRADEMARKS OF NINTENDO.
THIS WEEK
Opinion is evenly divided on Apple’s potential to usurp DS and PSP with the iPod Touch, with only the slightest of majorities confident the traditional handhelds can hold their own.