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Having stoically toed the positive PR line until now, DS platform holder Nintendo has for the first time openly admitted that Rockstar’s critically successful Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars has failed to perform as it would have liked. It’s frustrating, quite frankly,” NoA’s executive VP of sales and marketing Cammie …

The FPS series' costs soar above initial estimations

Electronic Arts boss John Riccitiello has claimed negative press contributed to recent slumps in the publisher’s stock. Speaking to Industry Gamers, the CEO went on to describe how coverage of the firm’s Q2 and first half results has also been damaged employee morale. A lot of negative articles were written …

Entertainment retail chain Head is closing its four stores less than a year after being on the UK High Street. The business was set up by Simon Douglas – former CEO of defunct retailer Zavvi and MD of Virgin Megastores. According to Retail Week, both Leeds and Dundee stores are …

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Develop Jury reveals concerns of an over-saturated market and unpredictable core audience

Nintendo DS has become the biggest-selling games hardware in UK chart history, surpassing 10 million units sold, MCV can reveal. The device hit the milestone in week 47 of this year according to GfK-ChartTrack data, taking it past the record held by Sony’s PS2. UK unit sales of PS2 stand …

How does one of the world’s oldest games publishers build its reputation on the global stage and prepare for the online tidal wave that will up-end the console business? Michael French speaks to the head of Square Enix to find out… IT’S EASY BUT UNFAIR to paint publisher CEOs as …

Industry veteran blasts amateur decisions made in Whitehall