You’ve been in business for almost 25 years – what has been key to your success?The ongoing support of publishers and distributors – without them we wouldn’t be where we are today. We started out selling Atari, Amiga, Spectrum and Commodore systems, the early home computer formats. We soon began …

Retailer HMV has launched an impressively innovative 3DS offer for customers. It will give a ten per cent discount on any 3DS game to any customer who picks up an HMV store Mii using the 3DS Street Pass system. Street Pass, for those who aren’t familiar, allows 3DS owners to …

Everyone thought Play.com or Amazon would do it first. Even The Hut Group talked about it last year. But it’s emerging online retailer Bee.com that has taken the bold step onto the High Street. The website launched a shop in the Manchester Arndale Centre last weekend. The new outlet is …

After the glitz and the glamour of E3, the UK games trade came crashing back down to earth when it returned to work last week. E3 offered plenty of reasons to believe in a successful future. Kinect was proven more than a fad, Vita literally shows life in PlayStation portables, …

Tesco has hired another games retail veteran. HMV’s games commercial manager Jonathan Hayes, has joined the grocer as buying manager. He will report to senior buying manager for games Sarah Kaye. Hayes has worked for HMV for seven years. He joined in 2004 following a six-year stint at distributor EUK. …

Sony is planning another Gamescom barnstormer – with a PlayStation 3 price cut on the cards. An announcement is expected at the August event in Cologne. Trade insiders told MCV the RRP will be 199.99, with retail prepared to go to 179.99. But Microsoft might have to act in response …

Triple-A becomes free-to-play, but Valve may not push the model to other blockbusters

Just Dance 2 – Extra Songs will be released for Wii on July 22nd. The game is the first retail expansion pack for Ubisoft’s best-selling dancing series and features 21 tracks that were previously only available via download. It will not require Just Dance 1 or 2 to be playable. …

Indie Xbite has upped its warehouse space and headcount in a bid to become a major player in online games retail. The firm – which sells via eBay as well as its own websites – has increased its warehouse and office space to take its total size to 10,000 sq …

Valve’s recent release and critical hit Portal 2 has now sold in excess of 3m copies. The number comes from Gabe Newell himself and was revealed at the Games for Change event at New York yesterday, according to Joystiq. It’s understood that it covers both boxed retail and digital sales …