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Tesco will tomorrow launch a half-price sale that will last throughout Christmas – but has told MCV that the promotion is not in reaction to Woolworths’ ‘fire sale’ . The firm will cut prices on around 1,000 products from now until Christmas – including non-food. The focus is firmly on …

Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg has disputed consumer demand for Home, dubbing the technology as outdated and pointed to Live as a premium experience” by comparison. In an interview with Kotaku, the group product manager for Xbox 360 said: What Home to me feels like is Second Life for hardcore gamers. It …

Brighton event opens submission process for session presenters

What title will be the 2008 Christmas No.1?Call of Duty 56%FIFA 09 13%Need For Speed 8%Professor Layton 7%Gears of War 2 5%Wii Fit 4% Well over half the retailers surveyed backed Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: World at War as the game likely to grab the title of 2008’s Christmas …

MCV has conducted its annual nationwide survey of games retail – and the results are in. The following is based on in-depth research, featuring responses from a wide variety of UK retail store managers from the likes of GAME, Blockbuster, HMV, Gamestation and a range of independent stores…. What has …

Microsoft’s Major Nelson has revealed the NXE has provided a significant boost to Xbox Live Arcade sales. Posting on his blog, the Xbox Live director of programming Larry Hryb revealed several statistics from the aftermath of the New Xbox Experience’s launch. In the first week following the redesigned interface’s debut, …

EA, Lionhead, Rockstar and Epic among those confirmed to host sessions

A poll conducted amongst residents of teenage virtual world favourite Habbo has shown that games consoles are the most sought after present for teens this Christmas – and the Xbox 360 leads the crowd. Of the 4,540 UK teens polled, 39 per cent wanted Santa to bring a PC or …

Hospital Tycoon developer addresses â??on-going decayâ?? of UK industry

UK consumer rights magazine Which? has complained to the solicitor’s watchdog about London law firm Davenport Lyons following what it calls the mailing of ‘bullying’ letters to ‘hundreds of innocent consumers’. Davenport Lyons is one of the chief players in recent moves to crack down on illegal internet filesharing. Along …