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Online console gaming now accounts for a quarter of all online playtime, according to a new report from North American stats body NPD – and the Xbox 360 is grabbing the biggest piece of the console pie. The report, entitled Online Gaming 2009, shows that 25 per cent of all …

Grant Thorton UK LLP to help trade body establish Tax Group

Organisers hope to enhance connections between east and west

Around 1,000 jobs are set to be created by the arrival of Best Buy on UK shores, despite the launch of the joint venture between Carphone Warehouse and the US retail giant being delayed till 2010. MCV’s sister site PC Retail has the full story right here.

Long before the first person shooter dominated the release schedule, the fighting genre reigned supreme. Characters from Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter were icons of mid-‘90s gaming, and the various titles in each franchise were amongst the biggest selling games ever in the 16-bit era. But over time this part …

Neil Young, Seamus Blackley and Chris Taylor amongst the many signed up to present

The unexpected upturn in retail fortunes seen in January has not been carried over to February, with the British Retail Consortium reporting a 1.8 per cent like-for-like drop on the High Street compared to the same month in 2008. Retail Week reports that total sales did grow, at least, increasing …

Bobby Kotick, the chief executive of Activision Blizzard, has admitted that his firm used to see Wii as a secondary platform compared to its publishing activities on Xbox 360 and PS3 – but that’s all about to change. Click here to read the full story on CasualGaming.biz.

Neil Alphonso to oversee studio's new title

Ken Surdan joins online game developer from e-retail industry