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A new national games retail powerhouse is emerging to challenge the market dominance of GAME, Gamestation, HMV, CHIPS and the supermarkets. MCV can reveal that Grainger Games plans to quadruple its presence in the UK to over 80 stores after snaring an experienced, crack team to mastermind its growth. The store …
Read More »Wii Sports Resort to break Nintendos records
Nintendo is determined to shatter the sales records set by Wii Fit with the release of Wii Sports Resort. Wii Fit topped the UK All Formats chart 16 times in total – including a string of seven weeks in a row at No.1. Wii Sports Resort is tthe biggest launch on …
Read More »Countdown to Gamescom begins
The organisers of August’s Gamescom started the official countdown to the inaugural event for European retail, publishers and the consumers at a special press conference in Germany today. There are just 58 days to go until the event which runs from August 19th to 23rd in Cologne, Germany at the …
Read More »DIGITAL BRITAIN: Broadband tax on the way
All people who have a copper telephone landline will soon see an additional 50p added to their monthly bills following the government’s announcement of a 6 per year charge that will fund Britain’s future superfast broadband network. Parliament has stated that its intention is for every UK household to have …
Read More »DIGITAL BRITAIN: Dev tax improvements ‘under review’
The UK Government will review proposals to strengthen the nation’s game development community with an extended tax relief system. As outlined in Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report, the Government has pledged to commit to work with the industry to collect and review the evidence for a tax relief [system],” which …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Sims 3 refuses to budge
After a long period of dominance from Nintendo’s Wii Fit, EA’s PC hit The Sims 3 has stamped its chart credentials on the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 by claiming top spot for the second week in a row. It finishes ahead of Activision Blizzard’s debutant Prototype, which enters …
Read More »Rockstar leads Develop Awards nominations
Rockstar and Media Molecule are leading the nominations at the 2009 Develop Industry Excellence Awards. Rockstar Leeds and Rockstar North are together nominated for six awards for their work on GTA: Chinatown Wars and GTAIV: The Lost and Damned respectively. And, after a stunning debut year with the release of …
Read More »Games Convention Online sets up camp in Leipzig
The organisers of Games Convention Online have announced the event with host the first GCO GamersCamp, offering affordable accommodation for the games trade show. Opening on July 30th, the day before GCO, GamersCamp will provide attendees with a campsite to stay in throughout the event. The site will be on …
Read More »ROUNDUP: Platform holders at E3
This year’s E3 was an important one for all players. With the global economy still in dire straights and the games industry starting to appear a little vulnerable, it was important that all three platform holders came up with some big ideas to keep the interest in gaming on its …
Read More »MICROSOFT: The Beatles kick off E3
In perhaps the highest-profile beginning to an E3 in history, Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have appeared on stage at Microsoft’s conference to endorse The Beatles: Rock Band. The music legends told the crowd they thought the game was great” – as the platform holder announced that All You …
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