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Sales in Woolworths stores have fallen 3.2 per cent for the 25 weeks to 26 July 2008, whilst EUK’s and Bertram’s sales were down one per cent over the same period last year. The retailer stated that the fall in sales was due to the ‘continued strength of the entertainment …

Rebranded central London Wii-specialist boasts new deal with Sega

Nintendo of Japan has filed lawsuits against five Japanese firms who have been importing and selling equipment that allows illegal games to be played on the Nintendo DS – such as the popular R4 cards. According to Reuters, Nintendo and 54 other Japanese software companies filed the lawsuit earlier today …

Studio that revitalised Sam & Max will now do same for plasticine heroes

Only two days left to grab savings of up to 350 Euros

DEVELOP 08: Handset firm says new tech will drive mobile games to â?¬4.2bn value by 2011

Media firm Future disclosed a whopping 39 per cent increase in online advertising revenue in its interim financial statement. In the same period the firm launched Girl Gamer, and Qore, a Sony US digital edition” for the PlayStation 3 network in North America. For the nine months ending June 30th …

Mobile middleware provider can now turn a 3D Java game into a 3D iPhone game

Next-gen revival powered by Emergent's engine

Activision Blizzard has revealed that it will sell off unwanted studios and projects it acquired after its colossal deal with Vivendi games. Develop reports that North American studios High Moon Studios (developer of the recent Bourne game) and Radical (developer of upcoming game Prototype) are to be ‘realigned’ the publisher …