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Peripherals specialist Venom will distribute a range of officially licensed 3DS peripherals. The firm has the exclusive UK and Ireland distribution rights for Project Sustain’s 3DS range. There are nine products currently on offer, including mushroom ear buds, folio cases and in-car chargers. These are available now and are already …
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Green Man Gaming hires new Operations Director
Digital distributor Green Man Gaming has hired Tim Sawyer as operations director. Sawyer most recently worked as group head of ecommerce for Middle East electronics retailer, MeMega. Before this, he was head of ecommerce for ShopDirect Group. As Europe’s fastest growing digital distributor, we needed an experienced person to take …
Read More »SURVEY: When will digital dominate discs?
At what point will digital content be the driving force behind game revenues? It’s a question that many retailers dread, that others embrace, and one that publishers constantly deliberate. Now we want your view on the matter. MCV has launched a new survey for industry professionals.Take part in our eight-question …
Read More »Read about Saints Row and WWE in the new-look MCV Recommended Extra
A special guide to the new Saints Row and WWE games is now available to download, read in your web browser or access via your iPad. MCV’s Recommended Extra is a special retail magazine dedicated to Saints Row: The Third and WWE ’12. This new look version of the magazine …
Read More »Warner ships 4.6m Batman: Arkham City units
Having become one of the highest rated games of all time, Batman: Arkham City is now on track to be a massive retail success. Warner has announced that it has shipped over 4.6m units of the current UK No.1 around the world since its US launch on October 18th. Though …
Read More »Dust 514: The PS3’s most important game
CCP could breathe new life into the tame and tired console business
Read More »HMV announces its own midnight openings for Battlefield 3
UK entertainment retailer HMV has announced that 50 of its stores will open their doors at midnight for the release of Battlefield 3 in the early hours of Friday morning. A main event will take place at HMV’s Oxford Street store, though there will also be big events Belfast, Dublin, …
Read More »Don’t miss out on your London Games Conference ticket
There are just two weeks left until GameStop, Valve, Sega and PopCap will convene in London for the ultimate event dedicated to digital games. The London Games Conference takes place on November 10th and will see 300 industry execs head to the UK capital. Bright minds from global games industry …
Read More »London Games Conference – don’t miss out
UK's digital download summit is just two weeks away; 10% ticket discount for UKIE, Tiga and Game Republic members
Read More »GAME and Gamestation plan midnight openings for Battlefield 3
It’s one of the biggest releases of the year so far, and retail is preparing a huge operation to welcome EA’s Battlefield 3 to UK retail. Both GAME and Gamestation will be opening hundreds of stores on midnight on the night of Thursday October 27th. Most will open at around …
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