Market for Home Computing and Video Games
File:Mcv cover.jpg | |
Editor | Christopher Dring |
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Categories | Computer and video games |
Frequency | Weekly |
Circulation | 8,833[1] |
Publisher | Michael French |
First issue | November 1998 |
Company | Intent Media |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Website | Official site |
ISSN | 1469-4832 |
MCV is a United Kingdom-based trade magazine which focuses on business aspects of the video game industry, including game retailing. It is published every Friday and is available online or via print subscription.[2] It is not available in shops.
MCV and Japanese video game magazine Famitsu have an exclusive partnership which sees news and content from each magazine appear in the other.[3] Its sister magazine, aimed more directly at developers, is Develop.
Format
Printed issues tend vary from between 50 to 100 pages, depending on time of the year, which consist of:
- News and features covering the UK games industry
- Special reports and analysis
- Exclusive chart data from GfK Chart-Track
- The "Retail Biz" section, which produces retailer reviews (as opposed to consumer reviews) of games, lists release dates, and analyses prices and market movements both in the UK and internationally.
- Classifieds
- Full-page adverts, in-line and double-page advertising
Unusually for a gaming publication, MCV's print editions sport traditional, newspaper-like page design.
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