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Is The Sim 3 still top of the All Formats chart, is Protoype holding its retail price and which retailer is slashing LEGO Indiana Jones? Check out this week’s MCV Retail Biz – the essential High Street guide. The latest edition of the guide is available now. The six-page supplement …

Having reportedly been initially very keen on the project, Apple has slammed the brakes on the planned release of a fully operational and licensed Commodore 64 emulator for the iPhone. The app, which is developed by Manomio, includes a full-speed C64 emulator, auto-save functionality and both landscape and portrait support. …

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Following Bobby Kotick’s extraordinary claim that his company, Activision Blizzard, may stop supporting the PS3, Sony has declined to volley back public mud and has instead offered a calm and measured response. "PlayStation has tremendous momentum coming out of E3,” said spokesperson Patrick Seybold, and we are seeing positive growth …

Following confirmation that the US 360 edition of Ghostbusters will be region free, retail does not expect a rush to cash in on imports owing to the game’s UK PlayStation exclusivty. The game debuted at number four in the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week. Though there is …

Publisher Warner hopes to achieve big sales on DS this year with new IP Lego Battles and Scribblenauts. For Lego Battles, the publisher is giving away free entry tickets for Legoland Windsor. The vouchers indicate that kids can get into Legoland for free for every full-paying adult, and Warner hopes …

This summer’s two most important European trade shows have tied up with MCV, as retail looks for local market updates following the global blitz that was E3. Whilst almost all the leading UK retailers visited the Los Angeles show, new product and marketing updates for buyers across Europe are eagerly …

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The reign of EA’s The Sims 3 at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 is over, with Activision Blizzard’s free-roaming superhero romp Prototype climbing one position to claim its crown. Activision’s title, which is the first from the publisher to grab the top spot in 2009, …

The CEO of Take-Two Ben Feder says you should forget everything you know about how DS games sell.0 That’s because adult-focused games like GTA: Chinatown Wars prove there is a market for grown-up games on Nintendo platforms – and that Rockstar’s most recent release will be an evergreen seller like …