Sony UK has been overwhelmed by the retail feedback to Wonderbook. Amazon told MCV that the interactive book service – which will launch with Harry Potter spin-off Book of Spells – is ‘terrific’. SCE UK’s boss Fergal Gara said that Wonderbook is the big PS3 launch of Christmas, and will …

Ian Shepherd has said that UK retailers are routinely failing to correctly manage their customers. I’ll go out on a limb and assert that there is no retailer in the UK properly managing its customer base, including the ones I’ve worked in,” he wrote on his blog Moving Tribes. That’s …

The tough times continue for UK games retail, with the latest Chart-Track data showing the market fell 38 per cent last month. 1.8m games were sold in May, generating 45.5m. Both of those figures are almost 40 per cent down compared with the same period in 2011. For the third …

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Microsoft has rolled out its experimental $99 Xbox 360 offer to GameStop and Best Buy in the US. The deal, which offers a cut-price console to consumers who sign up to a $14.99 Xbox Live contract for two years – arrived in May but has until now only been available …

Blizzard’s Diablo III could be heading to PS3, if a listing on German retail site Redcoon is correct. Such an announcement would be a massive PR coup for Sony, with Blizzard’s high-profile IP being PC only for several years now. That’s not to say that the SKU – if it’s …

Microsoft has announced some key figures for the Xbox 360, including the console’s lifetime sales numbers. Since its launch in 2005 the 360 has sold 67m units, bringing in over $56bn at retail. Xbox Live boasts 40m members, and Kinect has sold 19m units. A rise in sales like-for-like from …

And another E3 secret is spilt – this time it’s an Xbox 360 and PS3 version of CD Projekt’s The Witcher. The Witcher 2 was released for the first time on Xbox 360 last month, having previously only been available on PC. However, VG247 has word of retail listings from …

Retail listings posted today seem to name two of Ubisoft’s secretive upcoming game line-up. As reported by CVG, a (now removed) listing on GAME.co.uk named Ghost Recon: Final Mission as being due out on some time in ‘2012′. It said the game had an 18 BBFC certificate and could be …

It’s not just a lack of games that will hurt the market this summer – retailers fear the upcoming Jubilee, Euros and Olympics will keep customers away from the High Street. The Entertainment Retailer’s Association told MCV?that these events, combined with a lack of content, could make June and July …