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GAME CEO Lisa Morgan has pledged to spend 5 million on the retailer’s increasingly successful web offerings this year. In an interview with financial news site Cantos, Morgan revealed that FY online sales hit 58 million for the financial year ended January 31st, 2008. The retailer revealed this morning that …

Rockstar’s eagerly awaited sequel went on sale today and, as expected, demand has been huge for the title. Retail has been preparing for the arrival of the game with a huge amount of pre-sales and some stores opening in the early hours this morning. Microsoft has fiercely marketed the game …

A new Prince of Persia will be swinging onto next generation consoles this year, alongside a separate SKU scheduled for Nintendo DS. No name or details have been revealed, except for the fact it is being developed by the same Ubisoft Montreal team that worked on The Sands of Time …

GAME’s outlook for financial year 2008/9 demonstrates the retailer’s current confidence as it looks to expand heavily into France, Spain and Australia, with 100 new stores on the agenda. It also expects to see continued strong current trading” and for the Gamestation acquisition to result in revenue and cost synergies …

GAME Group has released its preliminary results for the year ended 31st January 2008 – and in doing so revealed that the High Street giant is in rude health. Total sales growth for the period stands at 86 per cent, with like for like sales up by 41.2 per cent. …

Four of UK games development’s self-made men feature in The Sunday Times’ 2008 Rich List – Andrew and Paul Gower, heads of Runescape studio Jagex, Traveller’s Tales founder Jon Burton and former Rare owner Chris Stamper. At joint 746th on the list, alongside property magnates and pharmaceutical barons, brothers Andrew …

The organisers of France’s IDEF expo have told MCV the show will be perfect” for any European retailer that feels shunned by E3 – and that it is the only expo to offer previews of Q4 titles with plenty of time for UK buyers to purchase stock before Christmas. IDEF, …

MCV was in attendance at Sierra’s Spring Break event in Mallorca last week – and got an eyeful and plenty of new details about the publisher’s upcoming release slate. Over 350 people from 22 nations flew out to Mallorca last week to get a taste of what’s coming from Sierra …

Sierra is to release a new range of Xbox Live Arcade casual titles online this ummer. The news was revealed at the publisher’s 2008 Spring Break event in Mallorca last week, which was attended by over 350 people from 22 nations. The three titles on show from Sierra Online were …