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Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes will hit shelves on September 18th, MCV can confirm. The new game follows last year’s Clone Wars titles for Wii and DS, but this time LucasArts is expecting big things, releasing the game across all platforms to appeal to the widest possible …

The MD of GAME’s French business has hailed its pre-owned offering as one of the key ingredients that has seen the retailer’s store base grow by 500 per cent in the last eight years. Philippe Wehmeyer said that the firm’s second-hand product section helped it to battle the country’s hypermarkets …

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SCEE president Andrew House has told MCV that Sony will only cut the price of the PlayStation 3 when the time is right. In an exclusive interview, he said that the company is focused on returning its PlayStation business to profitability, and House is confident that European gamers look at …

At E3, Sony impressed attendees with its new PSPgo and Motion Sensor hardware, plus a raft of new software. And now new SCEE boss Andrew House tells Michael French that he plans to back that all up with a renewed focus on network games…How’s the first month at SCEE been? …

DSGi, owner of PC World and Currys, today posted a pre-tax loss of 140.4 million, in what chief executive John Browett described as ‘a year of change.’ While the figures represent a 78 per cent year-on-year drop, they were actually slightly above the firm’s expectations. The firm blamed Europe’s economic …

ELSPA has quashed any suggestion that the PEGI classification model will be ‘weaker’ than the BBFC regime – warning publishers they risk bankruptcy if they try to cheat the system. Under the new model, publishers will fill in a questionnaire on the content of their game and submit it to …

Gem’s commercial and marketing director Simon Lee has left the company’s ranks, MCV can reveal. Lee joined Gem from former distributor EUK, and oversaw departments such as Purchasing and Gem Creative. He was also responsible for the product management team, which involved working with key vendors, securing potential new vendors …

Following yesterday’s global resturcture, publisher THQ has finalised its UK and European marketing department, following the firm’s global restructure at the end of last year. The new team is headed up by Richard Williams, who has stepped up from European marketing director to vice president of European marketing, following nine …