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Woolworths has announced that Lloyd Wigglesworth has stepped down as managing director of EUK. Wigglesworth has led the distribution arm of Woolworths through a number of changes during his time at EUK, including the acquisitions of THE and Bertram, and will also retire from the Board. Steve Lewis, currently MD …

Comic publisher clearing way for entry into games market?

'We believe the situation will change,' says Japanese giant

Activision’s Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has taken the top spot in the US’s PC chart for the week of January 13th – 19th, according to NPD data. Three World of Warcraft titles follow the FPS, with the original Blizzard MMO in second, the ‘Battle Chest’ compendium in third …

Specialist publishing powerhouse Future reported revenues of 40.6 million for the three months ending December 31st 2007 – down 1.5 per cent compared to the same period in 2006. Future attributed the drop to ‘project phasing of customer publishing revenues’ which despite being down in the first quarter are expected …

Sega’s Mario and Sonic and the Olympic Games has to make do with second spot in this week’s ELSPA/ChartTrack all formats chart, while Activision’s Call of Duty 4 is down one place to three. Burnout Paradise’s top selling debut week is split between the Xbox 360 and PS3 formats, which …

New publisher nabs rights to another title from UK studio just days after opening UK office

Format holder increasing internal support for home console; internal DS development gets slight cut

Add-on for Virtools 4 quickens prototyping process

Future versions could contain physics, AI or inverse kinematics engines