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Sega’s UK and digital boss John Clark predicts that the digital games market will match or even surpass boxed games in terms of revenue by 2015. Speaking at London Games Conference today, Clark says that although we are seeing a shift from the packaged goods business to digital business, digital …
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‘Digital revolution will help, not hinder retail’
LONDON GAMES CONFERENCE 2011: Growth for the industry can only be good for retail, GameStop boss says
Read More »Retail backs away from Skyrim discounting
It could be one of the biggest releases of 2011, yet retail seems to have decided that it won’t be going to war over the price of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Even HMV is not doing its usual low-price trade-in title on the game, which has become a regular feature …
Read More »Angry Birds lands at retail
The most popular game in the world is coming to retail. Rovio Entertainment has signed up Focus Multimedia as the exclusive distributor for the Angry Birds series.The deal covers PC versions of all three games in the franchise for UK and Ireland, South Africa, plus Australia and New Zealand. It …
Read More »IN PICTURES: Retail dresses up for Batman launch
Everyone may be recovering from the Modern Warfare 3 launch party, but that’s not the only game that saw retail go all out to draw in fans. Below are photos from some of the midnight openings for last month’s smash hit Batman: Arkham City. The activity was sponsored by the …
Read More »Alan Wake ditches retail for digital
Standalone title to be released on XBLA, says Microsoft's Larry Hryb
Read More »John Lewis joins MCV Retail Advisory Board
Department store giant John Lewis is the latest firm to join MCV’s Retail Advisory Board. Games buyer Robert Hennessy becomes the 19th member of the Board, which includes representatives from GAME, HMV, Asda, Tesco, Amazon, Play and GameStop. The RAB is an elite group of the trade’s top games buyers, …
Read More »Indies: ‘Special editions for big retail chains are restrictive trade’
Limited edition games sold only in GAME and HMV are a restrictive trade practice, say indie retailers. This includes products such as the 59.99 Forza Motorsport 4 Limited Edition exclusive to GAME and Gamestation, and the Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Animus Edition – which is for sale in the UK only …
Read More »Ridge Racer hits retail in March
Ridge Racer Unbounded will race to UK retailers on March 2nd 2012 and North America a few days later. The Namco Bandai driving game for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC is the latest in the long-running Ridge Racer series, which first hit arcades and the PlayStation in the early ‘90s. …
Read More »The retail model is broken, says Limbo dev
'There will be discs for a long time from now, but the world has adopted download'
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