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A brand new games distributor specialising in casual titles has emerged – White Room Games. The firm has been set up by former PlayV general manager Luiz Ferreira, who takes on the role of director. White Room will focus on the casual games market and entice smaller publishers and developers …

Between 10 and 12 per cent of the UK population will miss out on the 3D revolution due to visual impairment, says eye expert

Microsoft’s ambitious new motion device – Kinect – will be out this autumn, but don’t expect to see the best games for it until 2012. That’s according to Gamesbrief founder and analyst Nicholas Lovell and Yoostar CEO Greg Fischbach, who say that developers need time to get to grips with …

Games will receive more floor space at Sainsbury’s over the next year after significantly driving both sales and footfall in 2009. The supermarket enjoyed its fifth consecutive year of like-for-like growth in the entertainment sector, as well as a 17.5 per cent rise in profit. Non-food MD Luke Jensen announced …

Rumours suggest the firm has far outplayed analyst expectations

It’s official: specialist games retail is in decline. According to MCV research, the number of leading game specialists has reduced by around 116 stores year-on-year. Findings come from MCV’s 2010 guide to games retail (find more on page 16) which covers all the latest movements from the top 12 High …

Microsoft has scored its first Gfk Chart-Track No.1 of the year with Crackdown 2. The open-world action title is the fifteenth No.1 of the year, and knocks LEGO Harry Potter from the top spot. Warner’s family title now sits in No.2, with Red Dead Redemption following close behind. Ubisoft has …

Anonymous sources claim the search engine giant will soon launch an ambitious new games division

3D may be the industry buzzword of 2010, but did you know a major proportion of the UK population can’t even see it? Over six million British consumers have poor binocular vision, which means they either cannot see or have difficulty seeing the effects on 3DS or in movies such …

New string of accusations fired at Activision in ongoing lawsuit