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Independent retail continues its push into the online space, as GameXchange and Gameseek reveal their new websites. GameXchange is a High Street chain with six stores nationwide, and was nominated as one of the Top 20 indies in MCV last month. The chain is owned by Richard Moggridge and Andy …

MCM Expo at Excel London will ramp up its capacity by expanding the show hall by 2,000 square metres, MCV can reveal. The event, which is scheduled to take place on October 24th to October 25th, is set to feature a large contingent of publishers, including Ubisoft, Capcom, Tecmo Koei …

Job post implies the studio is now working on a â??most prestigious AAA franchiseâ? following months of layoffs

Digital Britain: Develop cites three key issues to look for in Lord Carterâ??s final report

The global market for both Blu-ray and DVD discs dropped by 4.8 per cent to $482m in 2008, with analyst Screen Digest blaming both the worldwide recession and online piracy for the dip. Many had hoped that these threats would have been countered by the growing appetite for HD content …

The Sims 3 holds onto its number one position in the charts this week, which are viewable in full in MCV’s RETAIL BIZ section. CLICK HERE TO VISIT MCV’S COMPREHENSIVE, UP-TO-DATE MULTIFORMAT CHARTS PAGES. Covering all the major console and handheld formats, along with PC, the MCV charts have been …

Games Developers Association Australia president touts favourable exchange rate and the regionâ??s lucrative push to casual games

The Conservative Party’s Shadow Arts and Culture Minister has told MCV that he would be keen to set up a games industry equivalent of the UK Film Council should the party win power. Ed Vaizey also spoke of his desire to negotiate tax breaks for UK developers – but stopped …

The Impulse digital distribution service has made significant additions to its catalogue, by signing up publishers Ubisoft and Activision. The PC download service, which was set up by Sins of a Solar Empire publisher Stardock, has now added Activision titles Prototype and Call of Duty 4 to its catalogue, while …

Over 9,000 game developers from across the globe have declared Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto as their game developer hero. The international survey, commissioned by the Develop Conference, saw the Mario and Zelda creator take nearly 30 per cent of the total vote, at around 3,000 developer votes. It’s no surprise that …