The boot-shaped nation is home to a handful of successful games developers, but thanks to increasing government support and new digital possibilities, Italy could soon have the world’s attention. James Batchelor asks local studios about this changing market

Online retail leader Amazon has posted an operating loss of over half a billion dollars for Q3 2013. The total of $544m is over 20 times more than the loss posted in the same period last year. Net losses reached $437m – up ten times year-on-year. Revenues, however, grew 20 …

Back in February Green Man Gaming was helping independent developers. The online retailer was offering the studios a route to market, uploading their games to its store and promoting them to its PlayFire community. But now Green Man Gaming is fully committing to publishing games, opening a dedicated digital-only arm …

Xbox group revenue increases 58 per cent year-on-year.

2.4m Xbox consoles were shipped to retail in the quarter ending September 30th. Microsoft’s initial wording appeared to suggest that the number represented consoles sold to consumers, but it has since been confirmed that this is not the case. It has not been specified how many of that number were …

The executive producer of Blizzard’s card battle Hearthstone is making a UK retail appearance tonight. Hamilton Chu will arrive at GAME’s Westfield Stratford store tonight (October 23rd) from 5pm-8pm to sign posters and answer questions. It’s all designed to promote GAME’s upcoming Fireside Gatherings events that are scheduled for next …

Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco has revealed that it underestimated the extent of its recent profit overstatement. The company last month suspended four executives – including UK MD Chris Bush – after it admitted that profits had been overstated by 250m. That has now been upped to 263m, leading to the …

There’s a moment every afternoon where this author receives a specific email and rolls his eyes as he’s once again reminded of the perpetual agony that is #GamerGate. This fleeting instance of horror is of course followed by a sweeping feeling of relief when he realises that the email is …

Pre-owned specialist CEX is now accepting Bitcoin payments in 32 additional stores. Earlier this year the retailer added Bitcoin payments to its website and begun trialling the currency at its Glasgow Sauchiehall Street store. That store, as well as Manchester Arndale, also now offer commission-free Bitcoin ATMs allowing customers to …

MCV looks at the best new products heading to UK retail. This week, we ask for help in Bayonetta 2 and listen to a new SteelSeries headset Bayonetta 2 Prima Guide Players who find themselves struggling with Wii U hack ‘n’ slash sequel Bayonetta 2 later this month are in …