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Video games retailers are currently facing up to the biggest ever challenge to their business models as supermarkets up their interest in the sector and the growth of digital distribution threatens their very foundation. Having recently met with senior executives from both GameStop and GAME, Klosters Trading analyst Lutz Muller …

Just one week to make submissions and suggestions for the 2010 Develop Industry Excellence Awards

In the wake of today’s financial report that reveals falling Wii hardware and software sales, analyst Michael Pachter has told MCV that Nintendo is leaving it far too late to reveal its successor to its popular home console. In the last financial year Wii software unit sales fell to 192m, …

An analysis of the UK video games market by Nick Parker claims that UK hardware unit sales of Nintendo’s Wii are down 45.1 per cent for the year-to-date ending March 31st 2010. In fact, every piece of games hardware on the market is down, with PSP (-44.7 percent), DS (-35.9 …

Russian Communications Ministry and 1C to present project for games promoting â??historic truthâ??

We expected so much from the first half of 2010 after coming down to earth with a bump last year following the record-breaking sales of 2008. A string of potential hits postponed from the peak season last year were expected to drive hardware sales and improve year-on-year software sales comparisons. …

Games industry show E3 Expo will be capitalising on the iPhone-fuelled boom in smartphone gaming this year, with a dedicated Mobile Games Pavilion. For $2,995, mobile developers will get their own kiosk in the Pavilion, along with an internet connection, signage, five exhibitor badges and ten industry affiliate badges. They’ll …

A technical problem on the European arm of Sony’s PlayStation Network has prevented thousands of gamers from getting their hands on the highly anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Map Pack. Many users are having problems topping up their wallet funding on PSN meaning that if they currently …

British video games trade association points to US industry treatment as model example

Industry body welcomes another education institution to its ranks