Continuing our series of features looking at the imminent arrival of Nintendo's WiiWare platform, another studio working on a launch title for the new service argues that the format-holder is helping change development significantlyâ?¦

What factors do you think have contributed to GAME Group outstripping its previous sales targets? We are very confident with the Group outlook for the year to 31 January 2009. The business is performing very well, both Internationally and in the UK, and the Gamestation integration is going very well. …

With any luck, MCV’s recent story stating that games now make more money at retail that music will have raised some very senior-ranking eyebrows at retail last week. It is a shift in the balance of power that should make every supermarket and entertainment store in the UK re-assess where …

MCV had it right last week : Microsoft has confirmed that it will drop the price of all three Xbox 360 SKUs in the UK and across Europe on Friday. The estimated retail price (ERP) for its entry-level Arcade SKU has dipped to €199.99/159.99 – a drop of €80/50. The …

Gamestation has made its play to become the UK’s leading destination for pre-owned games by slashing its prices on next-gen software. The retailer’s most impressive cuts have come on Xbox 360 titles, with the cheapest being sold for a startlingly low 3.99.Games such as Sega’s Football Manager 2006 are being …

PC software retailers, look away now: Full video games giveaways will soon become as commonplace on the cover of national newspapers as CDs and DVDs. That’s according to the company that organised a ‘covermount’ offer with The Times newspaper last week, which saw five full PC titles, such as Ubisoft’s …

Amazon is selling Xbox 360 Arcade for 149.99 and Xbox 360 Pro for 189.99, listing the RRPs at 159.99 and 199.99 respectively. The online retailer is also selling Xbox 360 Elite for 249.99, with an RRP of 259.99. The original RRP for the Arcade, Pro and Elite was previously set …

For the first in our series of features examining the upcoming WiiWare platform and developers' support for the service, we talk to Frontier boss Braben about his studio's game LostWinds, a launch title for the distribution platformâ?¦

A report in the German Financial Times claims to corroborate reports circulating earlier this week – and confirmed by MCV – that Microsoft will cut the price of the Xbox 360. Reportedly ahead of Microsoft’s official confirmation on Monday morning, the paper says that the price of the entry-level Arcade …

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