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Sainsbury’s revealed strong sales growth in the face of difficult trading conditions in its second quarter trading statement. Total sales for Q2 were up 8.4 per cent (or 5.3 per cent excluding fuel), with the grocer citing non-food ranges a major factor in fuelling growth. Like-for-like sales for Q2 were …

Asset management system aims to tie content pipeline together

The High School Musical circus has come to town, as fans brace themselves for the UK premiere of the third movie tonight – and the inevitable gaming spin-off (and Christmas No.1 contender) from Disney. For the full story, visit MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz.

Former Fallout 1&2 designer/producer promoted to lead Californian team

Free web MMO played in '150 countries'

Popular mobile handset has already broken year's sales targets earlier than expected, claim reports

With FIFA 09 likely to top the charts for quite some time (well, at least until October 24th) it’s not surprising to see that most publishers have shied away from unleashing their big releases this week. One notable exception is Fracture, LucasArts’ first original IP in quite some time. On …

Nintendo of America chief Reggie Fils-Aime has pledged that the platform holder will always need retail to sell its boxed product. Speaking to VentureBeat, Fils-Aime said that the digital capabilities of the firm’s new DSi would never become more important than boxed retail. He commented: It’s a nice added business …

Just two weeks after LucasArts’ The Force Unleashed set new records for week one sales of a Star Wars title , FIFA 09 has smashed the previous performances of EA’s sports sim to become one of the fastest selling games ever in the UK. FIFA 09 shot straight to the …

THQ’s executive vice president of worldwide studios Jack Sorensen has left the company, sparking a reshuffle of its product development management – all part of an overall bid to improve the quality of titles coming out of its internal studios. Sorensen joined THQ as head of studios in 2001, after …