Supermarket Asda has thrown down the Q4 gauntlet to its retail rivals, warning that it now has the resources in place to step up its increasingly aggressive move into gaming. Head of games Duncan Cross told MCV that having established a new games buying team and struck a deal to …

In games, we’ve had it relatively easy so far. We have already seen supermarkets’ super-low price promotions and unbeatable buying power make them tough competition for the more established games retailers – in particular the indie community. MCV has revealed in the past that supermarkets are taking up over a …

NCsoft’s Richard Garriott has opened the main two-day Develop conference with a speech dissecting the MMO genre he helped build, saying games developers have failed to add anything new to online game design since the release of his first game Ultima Online in 1997. He said: "Game design has not …

DEVELOP CONFERENCE: Keynote from MMO guru says derivative game design "undersells" growing genre to interested consumers

Ahead of the publishing of its FY07 financial results in September, Eidos has heralded the success of a number of its titles and stated its belief in the PS3. Joining Tomb Raider Anniversary in the million-seller club is free-roaming jungle romp Just Cause. Next-gen sea-battler Battlestations: Midway was also highlighted …

After recently being taken off the shelves due to the discovery of the word ‘spastic’ in the script, Nintendo has told MCV that the Mario Party 8 will officially re-launch on August 3rd. The firm was keen to assure retail that the problem has been dealt with and will not …

EA’s Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix has held on to the number one position in the ChartTrack All Formats list for the fourth week in a row, being fuelled not only by the release of the latest motion picture two weeks ago, but also by the final …

GAME’s latest trading statement was spectacular enough to shoot down the wonky analysis of internet doom-mongers and their ‘High Street is dead’ rhetoric – something the specialist has become quite adept at in recent times. The stunning set of results, which recorded the 22 weeks to June 30th, showed a …

Following the $100 price cut in the US on July 9th, sales of PS3 hardware have shot up by 135 per cent according to reports from Wal-mart, Best Buy, Target, Circuit City and GameStop – the firm’s five biggest retailers. June NPD figures show that the PS3 sold 98,500 in …

What do you consider to be ISFE’s most important role within the European video games market? ISFE is an important voice on matters of public policy that impact our industry in Brussels and across Member States. ISFE helps drive industry focus on key issues and areas of debate that require …