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It’s as you were at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week as Codemasters’ Ashes Cricket 2009 and Nintendo pair Wii Sports Resort and Wii Fit remain in first, second and third positions for the second week running. The only new entry in the Top …
Read More »Livingstone denies Rocksteady Hitman deal
Eidos life president asserts that the IP remains â??IO Interactiveâ??s babyâ??
Read More »Nordic Games announces We Sing
Up-and-coming publisher Nordic Games will be unveiling new Wii title We Sing at Gamescom. The game is the first in the singing genre to feature four microphones simultaneously, and will be shown to trade and press for the first time at the Cologne games event. We Sing will be Nordic …
Read More »Government cracks down on VAT loophole
Some of the UK’s largest retailers face a potentially damaging Government crackdown on the sale of VAT-free entertainment goods shipped through the Channel Islands. Online divisions of HMV, Tesco, WH Smith, Asda, Argos, Amazon, Play.com and Woolworths.co.uk currently dodge millions of pounds of tax on CDs, DVDs and games that …
Read More »Microsoft plans Halo 3: ODST marketing blitz
Microsoft has revealed its mammoth marketing plans for upcoming Xbox 360 blockbuster, Halo 3: ODST. The Bungie-developed FPS is due to hit shelves on September 22nd and – as Microsoft’s biggest release of the year – the platform holder plans to support the title right up until Christmas and throughout …
Read More »TimeSplitters 4 not ruled out by Crytek
Crytek UK MD says the group has â??really excitingâ?? project concepts underway
Read More »Crytek to â??play a major roleâ?? in console gaming
As Crytek UK announces the studio is providing â??criticalâ?? elements to the Crysis 2 project
Read More »Argos claims Pro listing was error
Whilst it’s unlikely to quell the price cut rumours running rife in the build-up to next week’s Gamescom, UK retailer Argos has told MCV that a listing on its site claiming that the Xbox 360 Pro SKU had been discontinued was a mistake. We are aware of the administrative error …
Read More »It Asda be progress
Asda announced exciting new plans for games at its annual entertainment conference last month. Christopher Dring sat down with head of games buying Duncan Cross and category director Fergal Gara… Tell us about the new store concept at Asda.DC: We started opening the ‘future concept’ stores in June last year. …
Read More »Lewis: Pricing spectrum will broaden
As the industry continues to debate the rising price of software RRPs, Xbox EMEA vice president Chris Lewis has urged the trade to be ready for ‘a broader spectrum of pricing’ as the industry grows. As the industry matures then we start to see a broader spectrum of pricing and …
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