Gibson Guitar has filed infringement lawsuits against five large retailers, including US giants Target and Wal-Mart, according to MMR news. Software developer Harmonix and publisher Electronic Arts are also being sued in a separate lawsuit, with both relating to ‘popular guitar simulation games and their alleged infringement of Gibson’s 1999 …

Dr. Tanya Byron has rubbished media reports that her Government Review into digital entertainment recommends stricter legal penalties for UK retailers. Early national newspaper articles printed on the morning of the Review claimed that Byron had suggested ‘retailers who sell video games to anyone under the age rating on the …

Life as an independent retailer is no easy thing. The growing popularity of digital downloads, the immense trade-in power of UK chains, price cutting by major supermarkets and piracy are all threatening to erase the good ol’ indie from the High Street. Yet these bastions of the trade are not …

Retail has hailed Microsoft’s mission to hit the mainstream after dropping its entry-level SKU to under 160 – and stores have seen sales rocket following the cut. MCVUK.com revealed this week (via ChartTrack figures) that the console enjoyed a 36 per cent rise in sales after three days at its …

Multiple retailers are offering Xbox 360 bundle deals to coincide with the today’s price drop. Several of these offers are promoted in today’s Metro newspaper, which includes deals from Zavvi, Argos and Blockbuster. Zavvi is offering an Xbox 360 Pro, with copies of Assassin’s Creed, Lost Odyssey and Halo 3, …

Retail must plan around Disney product differently to maximise revenue, the publisher’s sales boss has told MCV. Matt Castle believes that the High Street needs to better embrace the cross-franchise opportunities Disney titles represent – or risk missing out. We are unique with our and brand and our offering,” Castle …

There have been a lot of reports in the press about DSGi struggling – how do you respond to these claims? We are an international business. Since the late ‘90s the company has become less UK-centric, and is focused right across the international scene. We’ve got strategies to open stores …

PlayStation 3 has officially sold one million units at UK retail, hitting the milestone faster than PSOne or PS2. Anbd now Sony Computer Entertainment UK boss Ray Maguire is more confident than ever that the console can step up its game further in the next-gen race this year. Achieving one …

Statistics from trade body the Entertainment Retailers’ Association suggest that while gaming is the star performer, music sales on the High Street have been seriously undermined by downloads – and that DVD prices are falling all the time. As forecast by MCV last year, ERA’s figures show that games software …

Gerry Berkley, Woolworths A retail stalwart boasting many, many years of expertise, Berkley has mentored many of today’s most successful retail buyers, earning him the moniker ‘the godfather of games buying’. His first involvement with games was at BHS in the 1980s, dealing with Sinclair Spectrum and C64. After a …