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This latest MCV–which isnow available to view online– features our in-depth study on in-app purchases. We also interview The Pokemon Company and speak to Nintendo about the Animal Crossing franchise. Elsewhere, retail talks about the new Call of Duty, and our indie retail month continues. Download our iPad app now,which …

62 per cent of the British population now own a smartphone and 29.3 per cent a tablet. In fact, in the latest data, smartphones accounted for 83 per cent of all mobile sales, demonstrating their growing dominance. There has been much debate recently about consumers’ interaction with smart devices, with …

Just 1.58m boxed games were sold last month in the UK, as the number of major launches dwindle. It’s a drop of 21.6 per cent over the same period in 2012. And over 1m fewer games were sold in April compared to March. The boxed software sector generated 37.8m in …

MCV Award-winning indie chain Games Centre is adding three more shops over the next 12 months. This expansion will see the store count for the Scottish firm rise to ten, with even more planned for the following two years. We operate from seven stores at the moment with three more …

Football Manager, Aliens: Colonial Marines and Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed each exceed 1m in sales

The damaging expense of launching the PS3 will not be repeated when the PS4 arrives later this year. Sony’s chief financial officer Masaru Kato told investors last night that the investment needed to design and produce PS4 was much lighter than the past platform”, according to CVG. Added Kato: When …

This week we look over a quintet of vacancies in top positions across the UK

Reliance Games is currently working on a mobile game that will tie into the release of the Will Smith-starring film, After Earth. The running game will feature two modes – a story mode, and an endless running challenge mode. We are thrilled to work with Reliance Games to bring a …

Japanese publisher Sega Sammy has reported an 18.7 per cent drop in net sales for the year ending March 31st 2013. In total the numbers fell from 395,502m to 321,407m. Operating income dropped 67.3 per cent to 19,073m. However, a number of factors including sales of investment securities, employee pension …

Ken Kutaragi to assist with Japanese publisher's business fortunes