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UK retailers are very pleased by Activision’s decision to make big changes to its Call of Duty series. The publisher announced last week that the new Call of Duty will launch on current and next generation consoles, will be driven by an entirely new engine and will be a new …
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The UK’s Best New Indie Retailers: JD Games
As our Indie Retail Month in association with Gem continues, the last entry in our look at UK’s best new indies is Welsh store JD Games. Co-owner Dafydd Davies tells MCV about how the new shop is growing every day JD Games in Llanelli, Wales only opened in December 2012 …
Read More »Pokemon, Call of Duty and indie retailers star in this week’s MCV
This latest MCV–which isnow available to view online– features our in-depth study on in-app purchases. We also interview The Pokemon Company and speak to Nintendo about the Animal Crossing franchise. Elsewhere, retail talks about the new Call of Duty, and our indie retail month continues. Download our iPad app now,which …
Read More »Indie retailer Games Centre wants ten stores this year
MCV Award-winning indie chain Games Centre is adding three more shops over the next 12 months. This expansion will see the store count for the Scottish firm rise to ten, with even more planned for the following two years. We operate from seven stores at the moment with three more …
Read More »The UK’s Best New Indie Retailers: Stark Computers
Our Indie Retail Month in association with Gem continues to look at the UK’s top new indie retailers with Stark Computers, one of the youngest stores in the category. MCV talks to Mark Ainsley about how the store has already outgrown its floor space. Stark Computers only opened in December …
Read More »The UK’s Best New Indie Retailers: Game Trade
Our Indie Retail Month in association with Gem continues to look at the UK’s top new indie retailers with Game Trade, an online indie already starting to work directly with game publisher. Co-director Nadir Husain tells MCV what’s next for Game Trade. The sole website to make it into the …
Read More »The UK’s Best New Indie Retailers: ThatGameShop
MCV and Gem kick off Indie Retail Month this week with the top new indies on the High Street. Over the last 12 months, the UK games market has lost almost 650 High Street stores. But the actual number of individual retailers has increased. Blockbuster, HMV and GAME still exist, …
Read More »Retailers list PC version of Grand Theft Auto V
A listing for a PC version of Grand Theft Auto V has appeared on two separate retail websites. Eurogamer reports that both Amazon Germany and GamesOnly.at are currently taking pre-orders for the SKU. Rockstar has so far confirmed Grand Theft Auto V only for Xbox 360 and PS3, with no …
Read More »Game & Wario Europe retail release confirmed, arrives next month
Wii U micro-game collection Game & Wario has received an official European launch date. Nintendo of Europe took to Twitter to announce the title would launch in the territory on June 28th. It was revealed earlier this week Game & Wario, already out in Japan, would launch at retail in …
Read More »Indie retailers star in the latest MCV
This latest MCV–which isnow available to view online– kicks off our month-long celebration of independent retailers. We profile the top five newest retailers on the market, from ThatGameShop to JD Games. Elsewhere, E3 organisers respond to the news that Nintendo isn’t holding a press conference. And we speak to the …
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