Following the huge sales of Football Manager 2009, Sega will launch its first MMO – Football Manager Live – on January 23rd, MCV can reveal. The game will receive a full retail launch – with the boxed product featuring four months’ subscription for 29.99. And Sports Interactive’s MD Miles Jacobson …

Woolworths administrator Deloitte has revealed that food, clothing and budget retailers are amongst those that have made bids for 300 of the company’s prime locations. And despite over 500 stores still being yet to receive a firm offer, joint administrator Neville Kahn said today that he was confident Woolworths would …

Woolworths administrator Deloitte has revealed that the retailer will start slashing prices on products by over 60 per cent in the lead-up to the New Year. The firm’s Neville Kahn today revealed that over 50 million new stock items – including entertainment and toys – were being shipped into stores …

EUK administrator Deloitte has refused to confirm the amount of money that Zavvi owes the distributor – but has said that it will actively chase up” the entertainment retailer’s debt. EUK and Woolworths joint administrator at Deloitte Neville Kahn said: Zavvi is one of the major customers that owes money …

Online retail giant Amazon has refused to rule out the possibility of video games downloads becoming available on the site in the New Year. Amazon launched its online music downloads service – a direct rival to iTunes – on December 3rd. Amazon MP3 sells tracks from 59p and albums from …

Nintendo has once again dominated the UK’s festive online shopping searches, with the Wii and DS Lite becoming the first and second most searched for products online in November, according to date from retail analysts Hitwise. The pair overtake October’s leader Wii Fit, though that remains the most searched for …

Kesa Electricals has revealed that its UK chain Comet made a half-year loss of 8.1m for the period up until October, with the retail chain blaming deteriorating market conditions for the results. That was in stark contrast to its 10.6m profit for the same period in 2007. MCV’s sister publication …

When Atari’s new CEO David Gardner and president Phil Harrison this summer told MCV that they were planning to rebuild the company around online games and not boxed product, there must have been a large contingent of readers who thought that this effectively meant the restructuring publisher was cutting its …

ATARI is looking for more staff and an increased market share in the UK, as its rebuilding process prepares to kick in during 2009. Alberto Gonzalez Lorca is now managing director of the Atari Atlantic region, which includes the UK as well as Spain, Nordic and Latin America. We are …

Grand Theft Auto developer and publisher Rockstar has announced that its debut DS outing for the series, entitled GTA: Chinatown Wars, will be released in Europe on March 20th. The game is set to arrive at North American retail slightly earlier – March 17th. Rockstar had previously hinted that the …