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GameStop has hired Chris Petrovic as general manager of digital media. In his new role, Petrovic is tasked with driving digital sales and overseeing the growth and acquisition of digital platforms. As the digital world of gaming and entertainment evolves, GameStop is well positioned to do what it does best …

Co-founder of The Pirate Bay, Peter Sunde, has announced via his blog that he is to leave the file-sharing portal. Sunde has been the spokesperson for the website, and is currently facing a year in prison for infringing copyright – although this conviction is under appeal. The departure could allow …

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days will be released in the UK on October 9th. The title is the first DS instalment in the long-running RPG series that combines the locations and characters of Final Fantasy and Disney, which has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide. 358/2 Days explores the story …

The trading director of Shop Direct, parent company of Woolworths Online, has left the firm – sparking speculation that the business is in trouble. David Inglis left last week, according to Associated Newspapers, after relaunching the Woolworths brand online in June. As reported by MCV, the firm has snapped up …

Click here to access the RETAIL BIZ Previews section for our definitive guide to the biggest and best games due to hit shelves over the next month. This week, Eidos’ Batman: Arkham Asylum readies itself as the Caped Crusader’s most impressive video game outing yet. Taking a much darker tone, …

Supermarket giant Tesco has called on the Government to delay a rise in VAT scheduled for January 1st, according to this report on the Daily Telegraph. Set to increase from 15 per cent to 17.5 per cent, VAT was cut in November in a move to combat the recession. Many …

HMV CEO Simon Fox could be set to leave the retailer to become the new boss of ITV, according to reports. According to The FT, HMV shares fell more than two per cent yesterday as the City digested the news. Fox, 48, took the top job at HMV in 2006, …

MTV parent company Viacom has revealed declines across the board for Q2 2009, with the losses in its media department pinned squarely on lower-than-expected sales of music series Rock Band. Revenues at Viacom’s Media Networks division decreased by eight per cent to $1.97bn – a figure principally due” to a …

Best Buy Europe has named its CEO ahead of next year’s introduction of ‘big box stores’ into Europe. Scott Wheway, 42, moves up from his role as COO – which he accepted in May, and now relinquishes. Wheway will report to the shareholder board of Best Buy Europe. He assumes …

New research shows more Internet users in China use the web for online gaming than shopping. New research from the China Internet Network Information Center shows approximately 200 million of China’s web users regularly play online video games. This places the pastime the sixth most-used application for the Internet, while …