Retail

This month’s three big releases are in stores now, and despite a spate of festivals and bank holidays,there haven’t been significant delays. The console versions of Square Enix’s open-world romp Sleeping Dogs, which was set for release on 17th August, reached retailers on time, but the PC version was delayed …

The truth about OnLive’s demise will take time to emerge – but already a solid picture is being formed. And at the heart of it are user numbers. OnLive has never given out detailed user numbers, beyond vague statement of phenomenal interest” and growing user bases”. But if the numbers …

Publishers rejoice! HMV says it will give new games a chance to sell before introducing pre-owned copies. The retailer said in its latest financial report that its pre-owned range remains a high margin and vital area of its business. But outgoing CEO Simon Fox told MCV publishers should not have …

Entertainment retailer HMV is to allow customers to order items online for pickup in their local store. It’s a model already successfully utilised by other UK retailers such as Argos, PC World and Tesco. Amongst other pledges in its recent financial report, HMV directors said they were committed to developing …

The sale of digital product could account for the majority of EA’s revenue within 24 to 26 months. That’s according to EA COO Peter Moore, who told Reuters that: "There will come a point, whether it is two or three years from now, when we say ‘We are doing more …

UK games retail was rescued by the biggest licences in movies and sport last month, as it struggles through one of the weakest summer of sales in the industry’s history. Physical game sales were down 29.2 per cent year-on-year last month, with just 1.65m games sold, according to UKIE GfK/Chart-Track. …

Three fully-fledged, profitable North American game stores for $3.5m? That’s the deal being offered by Florida resident Shane Butcher, who has, in his words, put his American dream” life up for sale on eBay. For their money punters will receive three R U Game stores, both of Butcher’s homes, three …

Argos has been unveiled as the exclusive UK supplier of Zynga’s upcoming board game FarmVille Hungry Hungry Herd. The product will release in October with an RRP of 19.99. It will also include a DLC code that grants players of the Facebook title a virtual currency boost. The release is …

Brazil is one of the most promising markets in South America. With almost 200m people living there, the audience for video games is colossal and growing demand for the latest technologies means that new releases have as much chance for success as back catalogue titles. Smartphones in particular are expected …

Zynga has revealed a new browser title which it has labelled as the first in the next generation of social games. ChefVille allows players to run their own restaurants and learn new recipes as they expand their business. Recipes learnt in game can be uploaded to Facebook with players able …