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Read More »US: Record results for GameStop
The games industry continues to demonstrate its resilience to the tough global economic climate with news that North American based games retailer GameStop enjoyed its eighth straight year of growth in 2008. Full-year results for the fiscal year ending January 31st 2009 saw like-for-like sales climb 12.3 per cent for …
Read More »Trade braced for DSi Easter domination
The hardware launch of the year is just a week away, and the UK games industry expects Nintendo’s DSi to give retail a huge boost. The handheld arrives in the UK on Friday, April 3rd, just as consumer spending ramps up ahead of the Easter weekend. Nintendo is hugely influential …
Read More »Fallout 3 scoops GDC Game of the Year Award
Bethesda’s next-gen action RPG Fallout 3 has claimed the coveted GDC 09 Game of the Year Award at this year’s event, though it was LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule that emerged as the ceremony’s main benefactor, scooping four accolades. Fallout 3 fended off the likes of Fable 2, Left 4 Dead, …
Read More »PixelJunk Eden made quick money
Japanese developer Q-Games has stated that its most recent PS3 release for Sony’s PS3, PixelJunk Eden, turned a profit within 24 hours of it being released onto Sony’s service. To read the full story, click here to head over to CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »Japanese interest in gaming on the decline
New research from Japan’s Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association suggests that the number of people in Japan who consider themselves to be gamers has reduced significantly in the last year. The organisation polled over 1,000 individuals aged between three and 79. The number that claimed to be gamers had dropped by …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena
Head over to our RETAIL BIZ previews section to read our impressions of the biggest upcoming releases. This week, we take a look at Atari’s The Chronicles Of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena – as well as all the other major titles hitting retail on Friday. To check them out, …
Read More »Read this week’s issue of MCV online
You can now read the digital edition of this week’s MCV magazine – simply point your browser here. You have the option of flicking through the pages of the magazine online, or downloading the PDF. The launch of a digital edition means MCV can now be read by more people …
Read More »Its official: Video games are saving the High Street
Video games were the shining light of the High Street last year – pulling the overall UK entertainment retail sector kicking and screaming to a five per cent increase in revenues. Games software enjoyed a 21.1 per cent rise in annual sales in 2008 according to the Entertainment Retailers Association …
Read More »Ziff Davis to close FileFront
Online file sharing portal FileFront is to be closed by current owner and former 1UP publisher Ziff Davis, it has been confirmed. A message posted up on the site reads: We regret to inform you that due to the current economic conditions we are forced to indefinitely suspend the FileFront …
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