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Comet’s Debbie O’Neill and Gameseek.co.uk’s Stephen Staley are the latest new additions to MCV’s prestigious Retail Advisory Board – an elite group of the industry’s top games buyers. They join Retail Advisory Board luminaries such as GAME’s Lisa Morgan, Gamestation’s Martyn Gibbs, Sainsbury’s Brian Foote, Play.com’s Gian Luzio and Woolworths’ …

A survey conducted on behalf of Microsoft has claimed that over 75 per cent of parents in the UK, France, Italy and Germany are concerned about the content of games played by their children, the BBC reports. Half of the parents surveyed also believe that gaming should be kept to …

EA’s Need for Speed: Pro Street might have shifted up a gear in the ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 this week as it prepares for its campaign to capture the Christmas Number One crown, but Ubisoft’s popular Middle East-themed outing is holding tight in the next-gen console race. Assassin’s Creed …

Technicians behind new French shared tech scheme on plans to buck the trends of middleware

The CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, Jack Tretton, has admitted that the PS3 has failed to meet his company’s expectations in the first year of its life, but says that he is extremely confident as the industry heads toward Christmas. Speaking to MSNBC, Trettong stated: I don’t think there’s …

Take 2 is just one of a number of companies whose stock price has risen amid the mounting speculation of further mergers and takeovers in the light of the Activision-Blizzard deal – and now CEO Ben Feder has stated that further industry consolidation is as near as certain. Speaking to …

Ubisoft Montpellier and Paris execs discuss the making of Wii-focused 'party comedy' title

Organiser discusses future plans

Electronic Arts has fired out a warning shot to new publishing goliath Activision Blizzard – warn the Vivendi-owned giant that it will not give up its dominance of the market without a fight. Vivendi and Activision announced its new ‘merger’ on Sunday, which sees the French publisher take 52 per …

The signs had pointed to a pre-Christmas arrival for Microsoft’s Xbox Live Video Marketplace, but only now has the official confirmation arrived that UK Xbox 360 owners will finally get access to the service – and launch day is December 11th. Movies for rent on the service will include 300, …