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More than 60,000 backers pledge support for new platform

HMV sales fell 12.1 per cent for the last financial year, with the retailer posting a loss of 16.2m. The loss is roughly in-line with what the entertainment retailer said it would lose back in May. In total HMV generated 923.2m last year. Video games sales plunged 17 per cent …

After weeks of intense lobbying, MCV can reveal the finalists of this year’s Games Media Awards – over 30 writers, plus more than 50 online and print publications, are in the running. The winners will be voted for by a 200-strong judging panel, comprising members of the media and industry …

Gordon Hall to lead up mobile operations at recently christened The Blast Furnace

The issue of gamers’ consumer rights has once again hit the headlines after another publisher abandoned plans to patch a product that has already been sold to consumers. Konami has announced that despite releasing a patch for the PS3 version of Silent Hill HD Collection, it has abandoned plans to …

In the second of our four interviews with various heads of EA’s businesses, we discuss retailing and Steam with EA Origin boss David DeMartini Origin has grown well in its first year. But what’s stopping rival publishers from launching their own service?This isn’t easy. We have tried a couple of …

After EA announced that it was increasing prices for its upcoming console titles to Rs 2,999, Sony has now increased the prices for some of its older releases, including the Platinum range. While budget-priced Platinum titles such as God of War 3, Gran Turismo 5 and Infamous 2 have received …

Company sends out call for help in finding developers a new home

At least a handful of members from the Bioshock Infinite development team have departed six months ahead of the game’s current release date. Design lead Jeff McGann, director of product development Tim Gerritsen, principal systems designer Kenneth Strickland, and art director Nate Wells all list Irrational as a past employer …

Encouraging news coming out of the NPD today, as the group revealed digital sales for Q2 2012 were up year over year by 17 per cent. The amount spent in the US on video game content in all forms from April to June totaled $2.88bn. That figure divides into $1bn …