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HMV’s sales have declined 11.6 per cent for the 20 weeks ending September 15th, 2012. It’s disappointing and is in line with how the retailer has been performing all year. HMV says a quiet summer of releases, plus a combination of The Olympics, The Queen’s Jubilee and the Euros, has …

One of the new elements in FIFA this year is the inclusion of Kinect and Move. But is this really what FIFA needs? Or are these just introductions to please the platforms holders? It could have been a distraction, but we as a team always endeavor to ensure that what …

Amazon’s video games boss has left the retailer for a role at mobile publisher and developer Tag Games. Graham Chambers – whose other significant roles over a 20-year career has included MD at Gauntlet Entertainment, MD at Ubisoft and sales director at Nintendo – takes the role of head of …

Annual releases get their fair share of stick, but there’s something to be said for following a studio as it steadily develops a licence. Codemasters took control of the Formula One licence at the end of 2008 and released its first game in the now popular series in 2009. The …

Steam must address a few barriers if the digital distribution service wants to properly support the Japanese developer community, according to Marvelous AQL’s Esteban Salazar. The producer of Half-Minute Hero spoke to Gamasutra on what Valve can do to encourage Japan’s game makers to take the leap into the PC …

Nowadays if a PC version of a game is coming later than its console counterpart, the developer/publisher combo better have a damned good reason to provide the platform’s community. Capcom appears to nailing it in the case of Resident Evil 6. While the console version arrives next month, the PC …

Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley doesn’t believe people should be working in the games industry if they don’t play games. In my opinion, people that don’t play games have no business in this business. It should be the gamers-only club, I think. I can’t stand people that don’t know …

Specialist games retailer Game4u will hold a midnight launch for popular upcoming title FIFA 13. The midnight launch will be conducted at the following Game4u stores: Mumbai – Mega Mall, Andheri Mumbai – Infiniti Mall, Malad Gurgaon – MGF Metropolis Jalandhar – Viva Collage Ludhiana – MBD Neopolis The midnight …

Karp to take up role as executive VP for mobile and social games

Language barriers are preventing small studios succeeding on the platform, says Marvelous AQL producer