Consumer research firm Kantar Worldpanel has said that HMV and Asda are best-placed” to gain from this year’s spate of GAME and Gamestation closures. [GAME’s] customer requires a more specialist, in-depth range,” analyst Craig Armer told Retail Week. HMV had said it would trim its range of games but I …

MCV Awards winner ShopTo has recruited Alison Fraser as its new senior buyer. Fraser is a GAME and Gamestation exec of ten years, and she most recently held the position of key account manager, handling publishers such as Ubisoft, Take-Two, Warner Bros, Sega and THQ. The new appointment comes as …

While some of the games press chooses to dwell on the odd notion that Call of Duty has lost its appeal, the public as a whole continue to go crazy for the franchise. Having released the first trailer for the game on YouTube on Tuesday (May 1st) the video has …

505 Games kicks off May with its WWII shooter Sniper Elite V2. The Xbox 360, PS3 and PC title puts players behind the scope of a sniper rifle and tasks them with taking down key Nazi targets – including, if you buy the DLC, Hitler himself. Meanwhile Black Bean Games …

Sales at entertainment retailer HMV fell 19.4 per cent year-on-year for the 52 week ending April 28th. Like-for-like sales fell 11.7 per cent during the period. For the 17 weeks ending April 28th total sales fell 19.2 per cent and like-for-like sales fell 12.9 per cent. Profits are expected to …

At times of trouble, all publishers turn to their most reliable IP – and this is exactly what THQ is doing with the announcement of a brand new expansion Saints Row: The Third. Called Enter the Dominatrix, the retail release adds what THQ describes as the most requested gameplay features …

Retailer listings reveal a new Family Guy title is on the way to consoles later this year. Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse has a release target and will be published by Activision, but beyond that not much is currently known. Amazon (via Joystiq) lists both a PS3 and Xbox …

Highly anticipated quarterly earnings to be released Monday

Industry must follow changes in player habits, industry exec claims

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