Woolworths has recorded a fall in like-for-like sales for the 38 weeks up to the end of October, reported Marketing Week . Despite the 0.4 per cent dip, the retail chain’s total group sales were up by 16.6 per cent thanks to acquisitions and new contracts relating to its entertainment …

What has changed at Mad Catz and Joytech since the acquisiton? We’re enormously proud and gratified that in acquiring Joytech from Take 2, we have managed to keep all UK members of the Joytech team and relocate them to our European HQ in Milton Keynes. There have been no redundancies …

Retailers are now able to order online from Gem following the relaunch of the distribution and service giant’s website . Alongside a new look, the site now boasts full online ordering facilities for customers and browsing tools for accessing product information – with orders placed for items in stock delivered …

Nintendo Europe has announced that the Wii Zapper, a peripheral that allows gamers to use their Wii Remote and Nunchuck like a gun, will go on sale in Europe on December 7th and will come bundled with Zelda-themed title Link’s Crossbow Training. The device allows gamers to easily access both …

For the time being there seems little chance of Rockstar’s Manhunt 2 arriving in the UK, but US gamers will from today be able to purchase the controversial title in games stores following its official release. After initially being granted a restrictive Adults Only rating by North American trade body …

David Amor, the boss of Buzz studio Relentless Software, has ahead of tomorrow’s release of Buzz in North America said that the time is now right for the successful quiz series to hit retail on that side of the Atlantic. Speaking to Next-Gen, Amor believes that SCEE is ahead of …

It seems to be an argument that is picking up momentum – first EA’s Gerhard Florin calls for a unified single games platform, and then Silicon Knights boss Dennis Dyack backs him up. And now Katamari Damacy creator Keita Takahashi has added his approval to the debate. Talking to GameSpot …

Since the late 2005 launch of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 marked the beginning of the current next-gen home console generation, all three platforms have had to contend with the issues of hardware supply problems, paucity of games releases and transitioning gamers from previous generation (128 bit PS2, GameCube, Xbox) console platforms …

Following a number of licensing coups that has seen it achieve significant success in the value PS2 market, Blast is looking forward to its second Christmas and beyond as it plans to roll out key titles onto other formats. We’ve had a fantastic year and we’re set to reap the …

Pinnacle Software has signed an exclusive deal with British vendor In2Games to distribute its range of RealPlay wireless motion sensing games. The first slew of titles – RealPlay Racing, RealPlay Pool, RealPlay Golf, RealPlay and PuzzleSphere (pictured) will be released on November 30th priced at 34.99 each. Each title comes …