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SCEE has revealed that Bend Studios’ PSP FPS Resistance Retribution will be released in Europe on March 13th, VG247 reports. Retribution is the first foray for the series on PSP – indeed, it is the first time Sony’s brand has appeared on any format other than PS3. Unlike its console …
Read More »GameStop celebrates record festive sales
North American and global games retailer GameStop has posted some strong numbers for its festive sales period, showing that the company enjoyed its best ever performance for the nine weeks ending January 3rd. Sales for the firm totalled $2,856m, up 22.3 per cent from the $2,335m seen in the same …
Read More »Square to help Ubisoft conquer Japan
Square Enix has announced a new partnership with Ubisoft Japan which will see the Final Fantasy publisher distributing Ubisoft titles exclusively in the territory. This arrangement is due to begin in April. The company’s president Yoichi Wada said: The global video game market is expected to maintain sustainable growth thanks …
Read More »Woolworths closure was unnecessary
Woolworths’ largest shareholder Ardeshir Naghshineh has called the demise of the retailer unnecessary”, and talked of his frustration over the collapse. Naghshineh has also talked of the terrible shame” of 30,000 people losing their jobs – as administrator Deloitte profits from the retailer’s downfall. He told Sky: "It seems a …
Read More »The Godfather II hits UK on March 6th
Electronic Arts has announced that The Godfather II will be released in the UK on March 6th, as well as revealing new in-game content that will be exclusive to anyone who pre-orders the title. Consumers who pre-order from selected retailers will be given an exclusive crew member to hire into …
Read More »Budget’s PC boost
We ask: * Garry Williams, Business Development Director, Mastertronic; * Simon Reynolds, European Games Director, Avanquest Software; * Craig Johnson, Managing Director, Focus Multimedia;* Paul Andrews, Chief Executive, Entain8.Industry pundits have been predicting the death of the PC market for years, but it seems that budget is playing a key …
Read More »Sainsburys enjoys best ever Christmas
Sainsbury’s has announced that it enjoyed its best ever Christmas period, boasting strong performance and healthy increases in sales during the third quarter of its financial year. The supermarket reported that total sales for the three months ended January 3rd had risen by 4.8 per cent, or 5.3 per cent …
Read More »Big Fish bringing Mystery Case Files to DS
Big Fish Games’ popular hidden object series Mystery Case Files is to make the move to consoles with the release of Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir on Nintendo’s portable DS on February 6th. MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz has the full story – click here to take a look.
Read More »Asda Direct reassures customers as supplier collapses
Asda has stressed to MCV sister site PC Retail that it is ‘confident’ that customers of its Asda Direct operation will not be affected by the collapse of one of its key electricals suppliers, Miller Brothers. "We are confident our customers will not lose out," a spokesman for the supermarket …
Read More »‘50% off’ sale begins at Zavvi this Friday
Zavvi will cut prices of all items in store by up to 50 per cent from Friday, January 9th. According to the firm’s administrator Ernst & young, the further reductions will come off prices that have already been discounted. Unlike Woolworths’ end-of-life sale, which left many shoppers annoyed at the …
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