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Grainger Games has told MCV that it will kick off a heavy-duty expansion plan in the coming months.The retailer hopes to build on the successes of last year, which included the rebranding of its existing stores and the extension of its distribution and head office facility. Grainger also established seven …

Premier PR has named Ali Wood as its new accounts manager – as the London-based agency expands its newly-opened games division. Wood boasts over 10 years of experience as a journalist in the games industry. She leaves her most recent position as editor of Future’s PC Zone. Premier’s head of …

1C’s international publishing director Darryl Still has accused retail of failing to support boxed PC games. The industry veteran says that by refusing to stock certain games and moving PC titles to the back of the store, retail is forcing publishers to head towards digital distribution. And that PC games …

The Quantic Dream co-CEO discusses the immersive properties of motion control

Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has cut the price of a number of titles on its Xbox Live Games-On-Demand service in several territories – but not, it seems, in the UK. Four games have seen their prices cut from $29.99 to $19.99 in the North American Marketplace – BioShock, Civilization …

Nintendo has rubbished reports that Nintendo’s next DS will boast highly detailed graphics and motion sensing capabilities. The information about the firm’s new handheld apparently came from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata himself, in an interview with Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shimbun. But Nintendo has issued a statement to Kotaku saying …

With the dust just having settled on all the pre-Christmas hardware price cutting rumours are mounting that Microsoft is preparing to replace its existing 120GB Xbox 360 Elite model with a 250GB SKU.Kotaku reports that Xbox 360 120GB hard drives are currently incredibly hard to find on the High Street, …

Nintendo is set to announce a new partnership with leading US rental giant Netflix that will see the movie streaming service launch on Wii. The New York Times expects a formal announcement to be made today, with the service due to go live some time this spring. Once active, Wii …

With Sony having made plenty of noise about the bright 3D future it envisages for the PS3, Microsoft has now stated that the Xbox 360 is already fully kitted out with the tech required to join the dimensional revolution. From the technical standpoint, we are fully 3D capable,” Microsoft’s Aaron …

Having been pencilled in for a March release in Japan for a few weeks now, SCEJ has retracted the speculative release date for Gran Turismo 5 and reverted back to a TBA listing, Kotaku reports. Sony has said that a new date will be named at some stage in the …