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Amazon has revealed that it’s opening a processing plant in Staffordshire, creating up to 900 new jobs. The new centre will start operating from September and will deal with customers from the UK and across the world. The latest move is just one of several which seem to show the …
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Super Meat Boy hits retail next month
Cult download hit Super Meat Boy will arrive in the form of two UK retail special editions on August 26th. Fans will be able to pick up the Ultra Edition for 19.99 or an Ultra Rare Edition for 24.99. Both include a soundtrack, comic, sketch book and poster, while the …
Read More »Games Retail Guide 2011
MCV’s annual High Street directory provides an overview of every buying team for each key UK video games retailer, as well as up-to-date store counts, company profiles and contact details. Game and Gamestation The UK’s leading specialist games retailer has had a tough year, with sales falling by 9.8 per …
Read More »Monkey Island Special Editions coming to retail
Activision will release the remastered Monkey Island titles as a boxed bundle this September. The publisher is continuing its work with LucasArts to bring the Monkey Island Special Edition collection to PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. It will contain The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition and Monkey Island 2 …
Read More »Ultimate guide to games retail in this week’s MCV
The latest issue of your weekly MCV is now available to read online, on iPad and iPhone. This week’s edition features an essential guide to the UK’s games buyers, as well as interviews with Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg and 2K Games boss Christoph Hartmann. Registered members can read this …
Read More »Retailers praise Vita price
There may be be no word on a release date yet, but games retailers are already excited about PlayStation Vita. Speaking to MCV, online and High Street outlets have praised the platform holder for the device’s announced pricing. Sony’s Kaz Hirai revealed during E3 that the WiFi-only model of Vita …
Read More »Potter mania returns to games retail
The web may be awash with talk of the Pottermore site right now, but games retail has plenty to look forward to from Harry Potter. Publisher Electronic Arts is promoting the latest Potter video game – Deathly Hallows Part 2 – throughout the summer. It arrives alongside the movie on …
Read More »Electrical retail short circuits
A Crisis of consumer confidence is having a radical impact on electricals retail. A major shake-up is taking place at Comet after it posted an 8.9m loss for its financial year. The firm will close 17 under-performing shops and is on the hunt for a buyer for its 230-strong chain …
Read More »UK retail braced for summer of woe
The number of specialist games retailers is in free fall as the crisis on the High Street deepens. And the situation is only going to get worse over the summer, warn analysts, with many expecting a significant rise in the number of empty High Street units. MCV can reveal that …
Read More »Retail dates SWTOR for September
Online UK retailer ShopTo has given upcoming EA MMO title Star Wars: The Old Republic a September 9th release date in the UK according to a recent update. Back in january MCV learnt that EA executives were at the time anticipating a September release for the long-awaited game – much …
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