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HMV has sold its Waterstone’s business for 53m. It’s significantly more than the 35m mooted by the national press earlier this week. The book store has been sold to major HMV shareholder Alexander Mamut’s company – A&NN Capital Fund Management. It’s a major move for HMV, which is trying to …

Expert team can do a studio's heavy lifting in 'no-win-no-fee' offer

Develop's monthly dissection of a recent hit game

Everyone’s talking about Steam, the App Store and Xbox Live, but one European publishing boss is convinced that physical retail will ‘win the war for digital’. Namco Bandai’s European VP Olivier Comte says shops have an advantage as they are the experts in talking to consumers. His comments follow recent …

Top ten developers rated from 'industry survey of 9,000'

Dixons Retail has entered the digital game download market with a new online service running across three websites. Customers can pay for PC games online, download them onto their computer and write reviews for them afterwards. The service is running across bespoke Dixons, Currys and PC World websites. Dixons Retail …

Windows Phone 7 versions of Angry Birds, Plants Vs Zombies, Doodle Jump and more due next month

Warner Interactive has announced its next title based on the popular boy wizard – LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7. It’s due out this Q4 on every system you can imagine. Interesting the game has also been confirmed for Sony’s new NGP console, though whether that in any ways suggests the …

Some time over the next couple of weeks Gamestation will issue its one millionth Elite Reward Card – and that lucky customer is in for a big surprise. Said person will be given 1m XP points (worth 2,500), a personalised Xbox 360, PS3 or Wii modified by Aliens Stole My …

Some of the most popular casual games ever will be released on Windows Phone 7 over the next two months. This will kick off on May 25th with Hydro Thunder GP, the Xbox Live racer that re-imagines the classic powerboat game, followed by cutesy platformer Doodle Jump on June 1st. …