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Electricals specialist Comet has refitted its 85 stores with a bigger, bolder console hardware offering after a bumper year of sales. The retailer has seen huge growth within its games department over the last year, and has moved to capitalise on that by giving interactive entertainment a far greater in-store …

Tax credit applicable to games 'that meet criteria of quality, originality, and contributing to cultural diversity'

Tiga calls on industry to rally UK government for â??playfield levellingâ?? games tax break after EC approves France's rebate

THQ studio to use Kynogonâ??s AI middleware

France's game developer association triumphant after five years of lobbying to bring about economic change

Following this week’s news that the European version of Grasshopper’s highly anticipated No More Heroes will be censored, as per the Japanese version of the title, the game’s developers have issued a statement claiming that it was their decision – and not publisher Rising Star Games – to release the …

Nintendo of America is predicting that the DS will emerge as the best selling console of the year in North America, with sales for the year to date already topping the six million mark – that equates to one machine sold every five seconds. "There’s no letup in sight," NoA’s …

UK retailer HMV has announced its financial results for the 26 weeks ending October 27th, which show profits of 25.9 million, a big improvement on the 26.1 million loss in the same period last year. Total sales for the period hit 790.2 million, up from the 767.2 million in the …

France can now implement 20 per cent rebate on game budgets; move paves the way for other EU countries to do the same

With the topic of tax rebates for developers raising eyebrows all over the world Guillaume de Fondaumière, president of French industry association APOM, looks back at how his country has fought for government attention and says that the argument video games have cultural relevance must be amplified across Europe�