Retail

HMV has sold its Waterstone’s business for 53m. It’s significantly more than the 35m mooted by the national press earlier this week. The book store has been sold to major HMV shareholder Alexander Mamut’s company – A&NN Capital Fund Management. It’s a major move for HMV, which is trying to …

Dixons Retail has entered the digital game download market with a new online service running across three websites. Customers can pay for PC games online, download them onto their computer and write reviews for them afterwards. The service is running across bespoke Dixons, Currys and PC World websites. Dixons Retail …

Some time over the next couple of weeks Gamestation will issue its one millionth Elite Reward Card – and that lucky customer is in for a big surprise. Said person will be given 1m XP points (worth 2,500), a personalised Xbox 360, PS3 or Wii modified by Aliens Stole My …

The UK is losing ground internationally as retail struggles and slows, Sega has warned. Mike Hayes, the CEO of Sega’s Western publishing empire, this week revealed to MCV he was staggered” by how rapidly UK games retail is contracting. He said the UK is half as valuable to Sega as …

Jonathan Goddard has joined publisher City Interactive as global PR and marketing manager. Goddard joins the firm from EA, where he held the role of senior international games label PR manager. He worked at EA for almost five years and also held the role of technology editor at popular national …

"Oh my, we ARE naughty!!!! Enjoy….. there is a NSFW version on here, but hey, its research right?" And so begins the PR mail sent to MCV this morning with a link to a new web game. It’s called Duke Nudem. As the name might suggest, it features a bit …

At the time of writing MCV is unable to confirm whether or not HMV is to press ahead with plans to offer LA Noire for just 4.99 to anyone who trades in a copy of Brink. The offer was advertised in stores throughout the weekend, appeared in at least one …

Konami has announced the first details of PES 2012, which is due out on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, PC and PS2 this autumn. Key words in this year’s pre-release hype are "instinct" and "teamwork". The AI engine has undergone a major overhaul, with attacking emphasised as the cornerstone of …

Blur vs Oasis. Tyson vs Bruno. Now Battlefield vs Call of Duty. The best bitter rivalries in entertainment and culture are the ones most fiercely fought, but where one can’t survive without the other to validate it. Or one can’t survive without the other to generate coverage for it. At …

With one month to go until Duke Nukem Forever finally hits store shelves, the Duke himself will make his first public appearance today. A ‘real life character’ will be present at GAME’s Oxford Street store in London today between 3pm and 5.45pm. He will give away T-shirts, magazines and badges, …