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A new national games retail powerhouse is emerging to challenge the market dominance of GAME, Gamestation, HMV, CHIPS and the supermarkets. MCV can reveal that Grainger Games plans to quadruple its presence in the UK to over 80 stores after snaring an experienced, crack team to mastermind its growth. The store …

'Lacking' retail model a boon to browser-based gaming

Video games could shape the outcome of this year’s UK singles Christmas No.1. The Official Charts Company has told MCV that it wants to see music games’ DLC sales counted in the charts it compiles. Provided a deal is thrashed out between publishers and format holders, music downloaded to play …

Prince Edward Island govt offering emergency tax packages to prevent local dev from leaving

Highest ever traffic for Europeâ??s leading developer-only website

Singstar and Guitar Hero wanted by UK's Official Charts Company

Develop visits the studio taking social networking to the real world

Publisher Capcom has revealed that over 3.5m copies of its PSP hit Monster Hunter Freedm Unite have now been shipped in Japan – the first PSP title to reach such a landmark in the region. The game was first released in March of last year, propelling PSP to the top …

Concerns that Way of the Samurai 3 could end up an Xbox 360 exclusive have been alleviated with the news that Agetec is to handle publishing duties on the PS3 version in North America. The game, developed by Tenchu studio Acquire, was released in Japan late last year selling 80,000 …

Payback and CarJack Streets have both promised it, but you’ll find plenty who say that both titles ultimately failed to deliver. Now Gameloft has become the next publisher to step up to the plate and bring a Grand Theft Auto type experience to iPhone in the form of Gangstar.

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