US retail giant Gamestop has announced a 586 per cent year-on-year increase in net earnings for its second quarter – as sales soared by 38.9 per cent in the period. For the quarter ended August 4th, the Texas-based retailer posted net income of $21.8 million, or 13 cents a share, …

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10TACLE STUDIOS HALL ONE, I50 The company has a number of titles on show, including Codename Panzers: Cold War (RTS, PC), Black Prophecy (Sci-Fi MMO, PC), a new next-gen project (Action, PC/XBOX360), Boulder Dash – Rocks (Puzzle Game, Nintendo DS and PSP) and Panzer Tactics DS (Strategy, DS). ACTIVISION HALL …

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The agreement will see the two companies working together in a new kind of business partnership, in what they believe will give both Mastertronic and Rising Star greater leverage at retail. Mastertronic will work with Rising Star’s sales and marketing team to tackle the High Street, at the same time …

Polish your balls bowling fans, as 505 Games and MCV would like to invite all retail and media to take part in the inaugural Brunswick Pro Bowling Retail & Media Tournament at All Star Lanes, London, on the evening of September 18th 2007. Brunswick Pro Bowling will be published by …

Germany represents the third largest market for PC and video game hardware and software in Europe, behind the UK and France with a total market value of $1.94 billion in 2006. This eight per cent year-over-year increase showed stronger growth versus prior years, where an economic recession and high employment …

Microsoft has this morning announced that it is to reduce the price of the Xbox 360 hardware, with the 20GB Premium version dropped to 249.99 and the Core console reduced to 179.99. The new price points take effect from Friday (August 24th) – as Microsoft also introduces the Xbox 360 …

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