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Kantar World Panel analyst Laurie Krohn discusses the changing face of retail and why it’s important to support the High Street retailer… The face of British retail is changing – and it has been for some time. The growing popularity of online shopping has brought a number of new challenges …

Electronics group Dixons Retail plans toramp up its support for gaming accessories. The firm, which owns Currys and PC World, described itself as the sleeping giant” of the peripherals sector and is keen to grab a bigger slice of sales going forwards. We have over 500 stores in the UK …

Don’t miss out on this chance to get the inside track on digital games discovery and distribution. Our 199 offer on tickets for London Games Conference is about to expire. There are just hours left to buy passes for the event at the reduced price, which includes entry into a …

Hotline Miami will be released in the UK on October 23rd. It’s already up for pre-order at 6.99 on Steam, although it can be found for a few pennies less from other digital retailers. Created by indie developer Jonathan Soderstrom, the top-down action outing is retro through and through – …

ZSpace enables users to interact with simulations of real physical objects

Games media giant IGN is launching a new European site in Spain. It is also expanding across the entire Nordic region. The Spanish site is in partnership with Unidad Editorial, which owns newspapers Marca, El Mundo and Expansion, and also runs a range of TV and radio stations, magazines and …

Fancy getting your hands on the sold out Ultimate Loot Edition of Borderlands 2 on Xbox 360? Of course you do! And MCV is here to help. All you need do is pop over to our Facebook page and leave a hilarious caption on the chosen Borderlands 2 screenshot. Amuse …

Creditors lose out, getting only a fraction of their investment in return

News has just come through that today the THQ Asia-Pacific offices in Melbourne are scheduled to be closed down. The shut down will occur in the next few months, as THQ’s sales and distribution business is handed over to a local sub-distributor. This is an ongoing trend in Australia now, …

Monetisation firm shuts down website whilst investigation is carried out