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Retail giant Best Buy has announced plans to open its fourth outlet in the UK in Aintree, near Liverpool. It will open four branches in spring this year, which will showcase the latest technologies such as games, consoles and other computer electronics. The Aintree store will be situated at London …

MCV can reveal that both Asda and Tesco have begun selling pre-owned video games in some of their UK stores. Asda is currently trialling the scheme in its Leeds Living store at Crown Point. It is believed that the offer began on Monday. It has also emerged that late last …

Developâ??s annual salary survey shows that over 60% want a raise within the next twelve months

The results of Develop's international industry survey into wages and benefits

Perhaps fearing that mere M15+ violence will no longer be sufficient to abate the Aussie appetite for violence if authorities do indeed legalise the sale of R18+ games, Sega has announced a topically titled ‘Welcome To Violence’ triple-pack for Wii. The publisher, according to Kotaku, describes the bundle as a …

In a bid to leverage more business from the Japanese market, US-headuartered publisher Take-Two will open a new office in Tokyo, Japan. The Grand Theft Auto and BioShock owner tends to sign agreements with other companies – such as Capcom, Spike and D3 Publisher – to launch its products outside …

Disney Interactive Studios has announced that Split/Second: Velocity will launch in Europe on Friday, May 21st. The explosive racing game has received a swathe of positive press reports since it was officially unveiled last year, and the title even claimed the Game Critics Award for Best Racing Game at last …

We may not have seen the last of Microsoft’s infamous Natal demo character Milo, judging by recent comments from the creative director of Microsoft Game Studios Peter Molyneux. I was very, very tight about what was actually being said about Milo and not being said about Milo,” Molyneux told IncGamers. …

En Masse Entertainment to renovate eastern games for western tastes

A group of NCSoft employees have merged to head up a new MMO specialist outfit. Based in Washington, En Masse Entertainment is a new publisher with an aim to transform eastern games to better suit western audiences. En Masse is comprised of talent from the likes of Blizzard Entertainment, Microsoft, …