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US retail giant Best Buy has vowed to take on HMV and GAME with the opening of its first UK store tomorrow. The chain’s first UK shop is based in Thurrock, Essex and has been opened early for the Bank Holiday weekend. Best Buy Thurrock boasts a huge area dedicated …

The first official details of this year’s still mysterious Call of Duty outing will be revealed tomorrow on GTTV in the form of a teaser trailer. The preview spot for the show stated: Put all the rumours to rest – don’t miss the global announcement of the next Call of …

HMV’s group sales are up 1.8 per cent per cent for its financial year ending April 24th, the firm revealed in a pre-close statement. Sales for its HMV stores have risen 4.3 per cent, while Waterstone’s sales are down six per cent. The Group expects its year-end debt to be …

George Andreas to conduct headline lecture in design track at July event

Unconfirmed title Red Steel 3 will supposedly use Nintendoâ??s upcoming peripheral

Nordic Game Program give away 3m Danish kroners in first round of industry grants

From the first moment Wii was revealed it’s the game that we all envisioned – a motion sensitive lightsaber simulator where players could take on the likes of Darth Vader and Obi Wan Kenobi. There have been titles that have promised to fulfil the dream, but none – perhaps due …

An in-depth look at the Oxford-based AvP studio

In the history of video games, there are few games business brands that can raise as many mixed emotions as LucasArts. Having released over 160 games as both a developer and publisher (it signs external products, but lets partners like Activision handle the actual box shifting), on paper it should …

Best Buy arrives in the UK this Friday with the grand opening of its Thurrock store – and it has been confirmed that the retailer will be selling the black version of Nintendo’s Wii for just 99.99. The price will run from April 30th to May 3rd. Other offers include …