EA has scored its sixth Christmas number on in eight years – FIFA 09 has claimed the top spot and trumped the favourite Call of Duty: World at War. Retailer promotions saw sales of FIFA 09 rocket by 89 per cent according to the weekly sales data from Gfk-ChartTrack. Call …

Game Domain International has launched the public beta of its digital distribution platform AWOMO. The service, which boasts the ability to let players run triple-A PC titles direct from a web browser rather than having to wait to download them, has opened to the public with a free games offer. …

CVs AT the ready – US retail superpower Best Buy has confirmed to MCV that it is looking to recruit far and wide as the firm builds its business in the UK and Europe. In May, the American electronics giant announced a partnership with Carphone Warehouse to establish its brand …

The Italian video game market has begun to approach the maturity of its European counterparts, France and the UK, as strong retail chains cash in on opportunities for growth. While the market has grown by almost 25 per cent over the course of 2008, it is still seen to be …

Could you tell us how TheHut.com started up?TheHut.com was formed in 2004 by Matthew Moulding and John Gallemore. They recognised the opportunity in online retailing and created the business on the back of that. As well as our retail site we also run a white label business. How does your …

How has 2008 been for HMV in terms of sales and customer satisfaction? As our results over the past six months show, our trading has been decent considering everything going on with the economy, and we’ve been holding our own against the competition. Games have helped drive this trading performance. …

Suppliers burnt by EUK’s demise disagree over whether to feed Zavvi with Christmas stock that will help it pay off its huge debts. MCV understands that some of the UK’s largest publishers have reclaimed stock from EUK administrator Deloitte and are now trading direct with individual Zavvi stores – after …

Firstly, can you give us an update on the progress made by the Sony games business this year?Two years ago we lost $2bn dollars globally on the SCE business – we thought at the time it was a lot of money, but in perspective with things like Citibank it’s not …

GameStop will be relying on core gamers to help it through this difficult Christmas period, as the economic recession causes the usual customer shift to be less predicatable than in previous years. The retailer has cut its earnings targets for its fiscal fourth quarter – but the company’s chief executive …

It’s already been a record-breaking year for video games sales in the UK, with unheard of Q1, Q2, and Q3 sales – and the market’s total value for the year has already beaten 2007’s value, MCV can reveal. The UK software market is on course to toast another record-breaking year, …