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Last week, the High Street told MCV it feels 2014 will be a good year for video games retailing. But 2013, at least the first half of it, remains one to forget. Blockbuster is no more. The entertainment brand had been a staple of the UK High Street since 1989 …

Sholay, one of the most celebrated films in Indian cinema, has a new game based on it – Sholay: Bullets of Justice. A collaboration between Hungama and Gameshastra, the mobile game follows the story of Jai, Veeru and Baldev Thakur from the film. Playing as Jai and Veeru, players must …

Sales of video games in the UK have grown for the first time in five years. According to the Entertainment Retailer’s Association, based on GfK Chart-Track and IHS data, revenue generated by game sales grew by 6.6 per cent in 2013. But that is mostly down to huge growth in …

PS4 and Xbox One posted incredible sales figures in the UK, with Sony coming out on top. PlayStation 4 has sold 530,000 units in the UK in just five weeks, according to ERA (using Chart-Track data), while Xbox One has sold 364,000 units. It’s a significant gap between the two …

The Top 20 Entertainment Products of 2013 are in, and it’s unsurprising to see Grand Theft Auto V come out on top, with 3.67m units sold. It comfortably beats competition from the James Bond movie Skyfall, which sold 2.96m units last year on DVD and Blu-ray. That means Call of …

GAME’s Christmas Tinner and Resident Evil’s return to its horror roots. The 11th to 20th most read stories of 2013. 20.Minecraft for PS3 creeps toward release Mojang teased that a version of their bestselling construction game would be heading to PlayStation 3. Of course, it eventually come out on December …

2013 was a huge year for the market. Even the launch of the biggest entertainment product of all time will forever be overshadowed by the year’s biggest moments: the launch of the PS4 and Xbox One. After a drawn-out eight-year stint with the Xbox 360 and PS3, Microsoft and Sony …

As another year comes to an end, it’s the same franchise that continues to dominate sales at India’s biggest games retailer, Flipkart. Grand Theft Auto 4 surprisingly the best selling game of 2012, but this year’s winner was a no-brainer – Grand Theft Auto 5. GTA5 for the PS3 came …

The FIFA 14 comeback is complete, as EA’s football title is Christmas and New Year No.1. The game’s initial launch sales were lower than its predecessor – FIFA 13 – which remains the fastest-selling FIFA game to-date. But FIFA 14 has now overtaken it and is on track to become …

DMC: Devil May Cry’s poor sales and Cliffy B on EA and Valve: the 21st to 30th most read stories of 2013. 30.First free Xbox 360 game for Gold members is Defense Grid: The Awakening Microsoft’s Games with Gold scheme kicked off in July, offering Xbox Live Gold members free …