Last month, in my cosy little corner of Cambridgeshire, my local independent closed down. First Compute – as it was called – had been a fixture on the St. Neots High Street for longer than I can remember and its loss was felt by gamers throughout the town. Although the …

Midway has announced that the 360 version of Unreal Tournament 3 will ship into retail globally on July 7th. The title will include several new features such as split screen, five exclusive maps and two all-new characters, as well as all previously released downloadable content. In addition, the game will …

Tesco has reported a bigger-than-forecast slowdown in sales in its core UK business for its first quarter – particularly in non-food categories. Like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to May 24th rose by 3.5 per cent excluding petrol and new store openings – winding down from the growth of over …

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US video games publisher Atari Inc has appointed Tim Flynn as senior VP of sales. The new position is effective immediately, and Flynn will report to CEO and President, Jim Wilson. Flynn has more than 30 years of sales and retail experience in the video game and technology industries with …

Historically something of a dry spell for the games market, the summer period has seen a number of publishers over the past couple of years enjoy sizzling sales thanks to the timely roll-out of key titles during the release drought. But this summer the temperature has risen further, as triple-A …

Nintendo’s Wii Fit has failed to register a position in ChartTrack/ELSPA’s official All Formats Top 40 chart for the third week in a row . The culprit for the below par performance looks certain to be severe lack of stock – something High Street retailers have continually contacted MCV to …

The Edinburgh Interactive Festival 2008 will take place between August 10th and 12th this year at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre – and registration is now open for those who would like to attend . The festival will feature a two-day conference program, networking events and an expanded EIF Games …

Event returns in August, having moved to cityâ??s International Conference Centre

US retail giant GameStop has launched a new TV ‘channel’ in association with CBS Outener and media software and services company Reflect Systems. The new in-store digital video network, GameStop TV, will be installed in over 4,000 GameStop locations. GameStop TV will feature product promotions, game previews, developer interviews and …