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Developers don’t like pre-owned games
Free Radical and Frontier slam 'jumble sale' second-hand games market
Read More »Pressure piles on pre-owned
LEADING developers have spoken out against pre-owned games at retail – warning that studios could turn their back on the ‘traditional’ publishing model if the trend continues. TimeSplitters and Haze developer Free Radical Design and Frontier Developments’ David Braben have both told MCV that the current system is flawed – …
Read More »Woolworths ready for ‘aggressive’ Xmas push
Watch out Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury’s: Woolworths has promised to outspend its supermarket rivals in a bid to be crowned entertainment king this Christmas. And the general retailer has promised an ‘aggressive’ focus on games in its marketing – which recently became a bigger moneyspinner for the firm than either …
Read More »GameStop opens 5,000th store
Leading global games retailer GameStop is celebrating the opening of its 5,000th store in Jackson, California. The milestone keeps the chain on-track for its target of opening between 500 and 700 new stores in 2007. "With more customers being attracted to the video game category, they will increasingly find a …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Popcorn Arcade
How successful would you say your initial releases on Wii have been? We have surprised ourselves at how popular they are. On the Monday after a recent release I called Koch for some copies for reviewers and was surprised and delighted to be told that we were out of stock. …
Read More »Will Wright explains Spore’s protracted production
Playtesting and making the game accessible to casual gamers key, says Sims creator
Read More »Codemasters signs up to Steam
Valve's digital distribution platform to sell Jericho, Dirt and Overlord
Read More »HMV stores to introduce LAN gaming
Leading UK entertainment retailer HMV is to introduce multiplayer PC gaming centres into a number of its largest stores, beginning with the unveiling of a new state-of-art gaming centre at its London-based Trocadero store next month. The move comes as a result of a new partnership with Gamerbase.com. The new …
Read More »Family Xbox Arcade bundle confirmed
One of the worst kept secrets from camp Microsoft is finally official with the news that the Xbox Arcade bundle is real and heading to European retailers this Friday (October 26th). The package includes an Xbox 360 console, a wireless joypad, an HDMI connection, a 256MB memory card and five …
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