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Following record levels of footfall which saw it attract over 300,000 unique visitors and generate nine million page impressions during October, Shopto.com is looking to break the 500,000 unique user mark by the end of November. The online retailer’s traffic is currently up by 32 per cent for this month, …

The disc production arm of platform holder Sony has opened a new distribution facility near Paris – further expanding its European manufacturing infrastructure. The new 20,000 square metre facility located at Moissy Cramayel will boost Sony’s infrastructure in France, allowing more efficient disc manufacture and distribution to retailers. The new …

Trilogy Logisitcs has revealed that it expects the ink to dry on new contracts with publishers next year – and that it is already in advanced discussions with ‘a number’ of major league games firms. Trilogy managing director Matthew Allen told MCV: As a company we always said we wanted …

Australia’s development industry is on track to rival current European, Japanese and American market leaders, according to developer Vile Studios. Currently working on sci-fi online game Project V.I.L.E., Ashley Hodgetts, creative director at Vile Studios told MCV: The Australian games industry is still pretty much in its early years in …

First promised for release in the summer and then pencilled in for a November arrival, the long-delayed but massively anticipated Xbox Live iteration of Sensible World of Soccer will finally be with us on December 19th. The news comes from the Codemasters forums, where it has previously been stated that …

Eidos has proudly opened that doors to its brand new Montreal studio, and confirmed that the outfit’s first title will be a third instalment to the cult Deus Ex franchise. Eidos’ managing director Stphane D’Astous said of the title: "This game was very highly rated at its release in 2000, …

MTV’s first foray into the games market, Guitar Hero challenger Rock Band, has gone down a storm in the US – and whilst it won’t arrive in Europe until early next year, the company has already began hyping its next project in the games sector. Speaking to Reuters about Rock …

Nintendo has ripped up the record books, with its DS handheld last week selling over 191,000 units, according to official ChartTrack data – more than any other hardware format has ever achieved in a seven-day period. Nintendo revealed the news to MCV this morning, with a spokesperson offering: We’re obviously …

The games industry has for years had to battle the perception that gaming is mainly for kids – but a new survey from battery manufacturer Energizer claims that it’s the older generation that now has the biggest hunger for gaming in the UK. ERTweekly reports that the survey found that …

Some questioned Sony CEO Howard Stringer’s confidence when he spoke about the PS3’s North American breakthrough earlier this month – but the latest November sales numbers from the territory prove that the appetite for Sony’s next-gen console has massively increased. Since November 2nd PS3 sales have climbed by 298 per …