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HMV is dead, right? That’s what some publishers and the Daily Mail think. So imagine Christopher Dring’s surprise when speaking to the firm’s very much alive CEO Simon Fox. Last week MCV was in a presentation where HMV was talked about in the past tense, and some press think you’ve …

Record companies and movie studios rallied around HMV earlier this year. Now it is time for the games industry to step up. Speaking to MCV, HMV CEO Simon Fox has issued a call to publishers for better support following its traumatic start to the year. The retailer is now back …

GameStop has told MCV that DOES have designs on a big slice of the UK games market. But the retailer says it will get it through its new UK website NOT a bricks and mortar assault. As we reported last week, the chain has put paid to years of speculation …

Dare to be Digital 2011 team Fatdog Games talks exclusively to Develop about working on their entry title The Tale of Yog.

Kennedy Miller Mitchell (KMM), videogame arm of ‘Happy Feet’ producers Dr. D, is rumoured to be bringing Team Bondi on board. According to an article on Kotaku, Team Bondi founder Brendan McNamara and several Team Bondi employees were recently given a tour of the Dr. D offices. The article cites …

Mark Rein turns his attentions to Adhesive's promising mech combat game

Last week Nintendo president Satoru Iwata had to handle some tough questions from investors following the firm’s decision to slash the price of 3DS by a third. The transcript of this Q/A can be found on Nintendo’s investor site, and has been reprinted here. Content-based companies like Google and Amazon …

The games industry is coming together for the ninth Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival in August. MCVprovides a complete timetable of events rounding up all the sessions and screenings Why you shouldn’t miss this year’s eventby Edinburgh Interactive chairman David Yarnton I believe that this year’s Edinburgh Interactive will be the …

A further five companies confirmed for September's meeting of minds

For all its focus on core gaming, THQ still has a very successful and growing kids, family and casual business. Christopher Dring quizzes the division’s executive vice president Martin Good It is easy to forget with all the Homefront hype, Saints Row momentum and endless Danny Bilson interviews that there …