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Tesco has reported solid results for the first half of the financial year, including a 14 per cent growth in profits. In the 26 weeks ended August 29th, the Group’s trading profits rose to 1,551 million, or 1,419 million before tax. The supermarket also recorded 30.4 billion worth of sales, …

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Bright Light studio boss to address pigeonholing of casual sector

Business Week has crowned Nintendo as the greatest company on Earth today in an annual poll. The platform holder finished ahead of Google and Apple in the table, which measures factors including sales growth rate and rises of market capitalisation. The business weekly says the table reflects: ‘commitment to innovation, …

Adobe's new App Store support to bring Flash gaming to Apple platforms

ELSPA has told MCV that its visits to the annual conferences of the UK’s three biggest political parties is a litmus test on how far the industry has come”. The publishers’ body attended the Liberal Democrats conference in Bournemouth last month, and showed off video games including Wii Sports Resort …

The critically acclaimed Plants Vs. Zombies has hit retail shelves. The tower defence game, which pits various plants against an army of zombies, launched as a digital download in May this year for PC, Mac and iPhone. It is Popcap’s fastest-selling title of all time, and has also enjoyed rave …

Canadian studio behind Wet looks to build new IP

GTA: Chinatown Wars stands to be the strongest title in the PSP’s Christmas line-up, according to Rockstar. The game is a reworked edition of the DS version, which was released this March. It hits shelves on October 23rd, and will be competing with the likes of Gran Turismo, LittleBigPlanet, Assassin’s …

Companies from a variety of sectors, including online retailer Zavvi.com (now part of The Hut group) and digital distributor Direct2Drive, have stepped forward as platinum sponsors of forthcoming premier digital distribution event London Games Conference. Taking place at BAFTA in London from 4:30pm on Tuesday October 27th, LGC is focusing …