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Sainsbury’s has revealed that it will ramp up its efforts in the gaming space to maintain and grow its market share. We’re going after games big time,” Gurdeep Hunjan, Sainsbury’s DVD and games buyer, told MCV. Games is the biggest opportunity by far in the entertainment area and we’re in …

Nintendo UK has reassured the trade that it will keep Wii Fit stock flowing right up until peak season as its Feel Great Britain tour continues to increase awareness of the top-selling title. A mass media assault based around the Feel Great Britain tour has already included TV activity, a …

You showed I Am Alive at the end of your E3 conference. How important could this game be to Ubisoft? We have big ambitions. We think it will please the community. We’re always very careful in introducing a new brand; we all know it’s more complicated to produce a brand …

Update brings image differencing and more support for distributed development

Brash Entertainment will release a video game adaptation of Prison Break on PS3 and Xbox 360 in February next year. The company has confirmed that the small screen adaptation will follow up its Hollywood tie-ins for movies such Jumper, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Space Chimps. Eagle-eyed fans noticed an …

From simple multiplayer tools, GameSpyâ??s technology now enables sophisticated features such as data mining and in-game commerceâ?¦

PSP owners will be able to download highlights of football matches from the Barclay’s Premiership via video service Go!View, Sony has announced. From Sunday, 17th August, users will be able to transfer 45 minutes of extended highlights from Sky Sports matches. The football content on Go!View is available as part …

Developers' association welcomes QA and creative testing firm

More mergers are going to continue "and you can't stop it" claims Silicon Knights head

Renamed DS audio middleware now official 3rd party tool