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The MCM Expos are among Britain’s biggest entertainment showcases and the London oneis the flagship event. The expo celebrates the worlds of movies, manga, comics, TV – and, of course, video games. Over the years, gaming’s presence at MCM has grown, with more and more publishers signing up to exhibit …

The 2012 Develop Industry Excellence Awards boasts the most diverse array of finalists yet. Ninety-six companies, ranging from one-man outfits to development teams of over 200 people, are in the running for key accolades that reward outstanding work done by games studios in Europe over the last 12 months. Big …

On board as Drinks Reception Partner for the conference on rich media mobile advertising in July. ‘Monetising Mobile: The Rich Media Future of Mobile Advertising‘ takes place at One Wimpole Street, London, on July 12th. The event will offer an unmissable insight into the exciting new ad formats that are …

Retailer GAME has officially confirmed the cancellation of GAMEfest 2012. However, it has also hinted at a return to the consumer expo in 2013. The event had previously been confirmed last year upon the closure of the first ever GAMEfest. However, after a hugely traumatic start to 2012 that saw …

Nominations for 96 companies working in or supporting European games developers

The US is getting a brand new consumer games expo. Retailer GameStop has announced that it will hold the GameStop EXPO 2012 in San Antonio, Texas on August 29th. It’s the first event of its kind that the company has hosted. In fact, it’s copying the model laid down bay …

Around 3.5m copies sold on day one; First week sales projected at 6.3 million units

Blizzard has announced that Diablo III is the fastest selling PC game of all time, shifting 3.5m copies worldwide in its first 24 hours. An additional 1.2m copies were distributed to owners of the World of Warcraft Annual Pass, taking the total day one userbase to 4.7m. By the end …

Before March this year, GAME and Gamestation were by far the UK’s biggest pre-owned game retailers. Second-hand goods even made up a third of the group’s total revenues last year. Yet this dominant force in used games has fallen. 277 of its shops have closed. So where do these customers …

Think the digital market is only open to the big players? Think again. Ztorm has launched a new white label service that will allow any independent retailer to set up its own downloads store online. The Gem-owned firm’s new API-plugin for popular blog platform WordPress makes it easy to advertise …