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Just six months ago TV presenter and Daily Mail columnist Anne Diamond was at the forefront of the anti-games movement – but now the former TVAM star has agreed to work with casual games leader PopCap to test whether casual games can help you lose weight. CasualGaming.biz has the full …
Read More »Woolworths headed for insolvency?
Woolworths is ‘a few desperate hours of negotiation’ away from administration. That’s according to The Times, which quotes sources saying ‘administration is the most likely option as the retailer scrabbles to find sufficient funds to pay its monthly wage bill’. However MCV can confirm that the chain’s games buying team …
Read More »Gamestation to open 250th store
Specialist retail chain Gamestation has announced it will open its 250th store in Meadowhall, Sheffield on Friday November 28th. The fastest growing games retailer will kick off proceedings on Thursday with an exclusive preview party, before the store opens to the public at 9am on Friday. The first 50 customers …
Read More »Zelda director pledges to the franchise
Legend of Zelda director Eiji Aonuma has pledged his commitment to the popular franchise. Aonuma said that he’ll continue to work on the series until it matches, or surpasses, the quality of Ocarina of Time. Aonuma said: I’m happy that a title I worked on some time ago remains highly …
Read More »JAPAN: 7m sales and counting for Wii
Nintendo is surely spending another day in cash-fuelled party mode today following another sales milestone for the firm – its massively successful Wii home console has now surpassed the seven million sales mark in Japan. The success mirrors that enjoyed by Nintendo’s console in the US. To read more, click …
Read More »GameStop: Pre-owned games are vital to new game sales
The CEO of leading North American and global games retailer GameStop has insisted that the pre-owned sector is a vital element in the market for new games, and that moves from publishers to limit the ‘transferability’ of titles are a ‘bone of contention’ for consumers. Speaking to Gamasutra, CEO Dan …
Read More »Netbook boom could change shape of games industry
Analysts have predicted that the boom in netbook usage around the world could drive forward the importance of casual gaming within the global games industry. Netbooks are relatively low-powered devices that thrive on their portability. Whilst they all boast excellent in-built wireless internet connectivity, many do not include internal storage …
Read More »Xbox 360 enjoys biggest European sales week ever
Platform holder Microsoft has revealed that it ‘recently’ enjoyed its biggest ever sales week in Europe – and it’s thanking the effects of the economic crisis for the boom. A press release from the firm reads: British families are set to spend more quality time together than in the last …
Read More »Online dev mag arrives from Intel
Leading component and software vendor Intel has launched a brand new digital magazine targeting the games development sector. Entitled Intel Visual Adrenaline, the mag is free to those who sign up to the Intel Software Dispatch news service. The digital publication covers the use of multi-threading and code optimisation in …
Read More »Futures annual profits grow
Future Publishing has announced preliminary results for the year to September 30th – including a healthy year-on-year pre-tax profit rise of three per cent, or 300,000. Overall normalised revenues grew two per cent to 162.9 million, with normalised EBITAE up nine per cent to 14.9 million. The company’s net debt …
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