HMV sales fell 12.1 per cent for the last financial year, with the retailer posting a loss of 16.2m. The loss is roughly in-line with what the entertainment retailer said it would lose back in May. In total HMV generated 923.2m last year. Video games sales plunged 17 per cent …

In the second of our four interviews with various heads of EA’s businesses, we discuss retailing and Steam with EA Origin boss David DeMartini Origin has grown well in its first year. But what’s stopping rival publishers from launching their own service?This isn’t easy. We have tried a couple of …

Encouraging news coming out of the NPD today, as the group revealed digital sales for Q2 2012 were up year over year by 17 per cent. The amount spent in the US on video game content in all forms from April to June totaled $2.88bn. That figure divides into $1bn …

In the first of a new daily feature on MCVuk.com, we recommend a recent or upcoming title – be it on console, PC, browser or smartphone – that we reckon is worthy of your time and money. I Am Alive was once notable for being a digital-only release. But as …

A brand new peripheral is threatening to eclipse the advances made by technologies such as Kinect. Called Leap, the small device – which connects via USB and is about the size of a flash drive – is said by its developers to be 200x more accurate than any other motion …

It’s a tough time in the games industry, as is evidenced by some shocking numbers from the UK High Street. Still, the news is quite different for digital retail, with Minecraft developer Mojang enjoying soaring profits and digital-only release NASCAR flying off the virtual shelves. Here’s a roundup of the …

Brazil is one of the most promising markets in South America. With almost 200m people living there, the audience for video games is colossal and growing demand for the latest technologies means that new releases have as much chance for success as back catalogue titles. Smartphones in particular are expected …

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Retailer Amazon has reported that UK consumers are for the first time purchasing more digital books than they are physical copies. Specifically, it currently sells 114 Kindle books for every 100 print books. And it appears that as well as being of benefit to Amazon, the switch to digital has …

Sony has announced PS3 Collections, a line-up of first-party PS3 game bundles that combines multiple games from a franchise in one package, along with some added content. The first three titles for the PS3 Collections line-up are the Ratchet & Clank Collection, the Infamous Collection and the God of War …