Leading UK retailers have told MCV that extra GTA IV stock is being hurriedly pushed into stores in order to cope with the ‘manic’ demand expected this weekend. However, the channel has admitted that the title is still expected to sell out on PS3 and 360 by Saturday lunchtime. Head …

Give us a brief history of Grainger Games so far… The original Grainger Games was started by my Dad (Dan Bowyer) and I. We started trading as a partnership in 1997 with a market stall in the Grainger Market in Newcastle upon Tyne – hence the company name, Grainger Games. …

French retail chain Fnac has set its sights on the UK market, although the firm stresses that there are no store openings just yet. The company is the largest French retailer of cultural and consumer electronics, which includes video games, consoles, televisions, cameras, CDs, DVDs and books. It’s also the …

The organisers of France’s IDEF expo have told MCV the show will be perfect” for any European retailer that feels shunned by E3 – and that it is the only expo to offer previews of Q4 titles with plenty of time for UK buyers to purchase stock before Christmas. IDEF, …

The street date for Grand Theft Auto IV appears to have been broken as a picture of the game and a receipt appears on a PlayStation forum . Asda has been indicated as the retailer to have broken the date, although comments on a recent MCV story indicates other supermarkets …

News that indies have had their GTA IV allocation cut appears woefully premature as Gem issues more stock into the trade. MCV learnt last week that many indies had seen their expected shipment of GTA IV heavily reduced, especially for the PS3 version of the game. We’ve had about 45 …

The state minister for Hamburg will introduce anti-truancy measures to fellow politicians in Germany later this week – including a recommendation that games demo pods be switched off during school hours. According to German newspaper Welt am Sonntag – translated by news source Deutsche Welle – Udo Nagel said: "Truancy …

Play.com has sold out of its allocation GTA IV pre-orders – whilst GAME and Gamestation’s online offerings have already put up warning of stock running low. Play.com’s head of games Gian Luzio told MCV that the title was far and away the biggest selling title” he’d ever seen on PS3 …

Dr Tanya Byron has told the biggest names in UK video games publishing that retailers persuaded her to give more power to the BBFC over PEGI – as ELSPA members voiced their disagreement with the decision. Addressing ELSPA members in Portman Square, London at a closed meeting this morning – …

Publisher THQ has grown its casual games label ValuSoft by confirming the acquisition of online games creator Elephant Entertainment and a deal with developer Oberon media to release the firm’s games at retail. Develop has the full story – head over there for more.