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RETAIL stalwart Virgin Megastores is to disappear completely from the High Street in November – but the new group formed from its ashes wants to take on GAME in the hunt for market share. New retail operation Zavvi is to be headed up by former Virgin Megastores MD Simon Douglas …

The persistent selling power of Square Enix’ Final Fantasy franchise has helped Sony’s portable whiz kid the PSP surge to the top of the hardware sales charts in Japan, according to sales date from Media Create. Gamesindustry reports that in its first week on sale Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core …

RETAIL stalwart Virgin Megastores is to disappear completely from the High Street in November – but the new group formed from its ashes wants to take on GAME in the hunt for market share. New retail operation Zavvi is to be headed up by former Virgin Megastores MD Simon Douglas …

The persistent selling power of Square Enix’ Final Fantasy franchise has helped Sony’s portable whiz kid the PSP surge to the top of the hardware sales charts in Japan, according to sales date from Media Create. Gamesindustry reports that in its first week on sale Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core …

Developer wants deal done by November - Warner, Eidos and LucasArts tipped as front runners

Developer wants deal done by November - Warner, Eidos and LucasArts tipped as front runners

Following the announcement of its new corporate identity last week, Gem has launched two new divisions to complement its core distribution business. Gem Creative is a new in-house creative design and production studio, which offers support for trade and consumer advertising campaigns, point of sale material, repackaging, bundling design and …

Following the announcement of its new corporate identity last week, Gem has launched two new divisions to complement its core distribution business. Gem Creative is a new in-house creative design and production studio, which offers support for trade and consumer advertising campaigns, point of sale material, repackaging, bundling design and …

Sony has hailed the launch of PSP Slim & Lite as a success after the relaunched console notched up a four-fold increase in portable hardware sales. The revamped system launched across retail on September 14th. And ahead of the release of a range of lifestyle software under the Go! brand, …