Morrisons’ entertainment distributor is on the hunt for retail and publishing partners in a bid to become a major player in the games market. Cinram – a big global distributor for music and DVD – was unveiled as Morrisons’ new supplier last month. The deal marks the firm’s first major …

Just hours after we revealed GameStop was launching new Facebook games, the firm has further underlined its commitment to digital gaming. It has acquired streaming games technology firm Spawn Labs, and also entered an agreement to purchase digital distributor Impulse, a subsidiary of US developer Stardock Systems. The move reinforces …

Sony Ericsson’s long-awaited Xperia Play finally launches in the UK tomorrow – but only one of the four major mobile operators will be stocking it. This morning Vodafone confirmed that stock problems meant that it would not be able to offer the handset as planned tomorrow morning. O2 had confirmed …

Nintendo’s Wii will get yet another new music game at the end of next month – Musiic Party. Published by DTP and distributed by PQube, the game will hit retail on April 29th with an SRP of 19.99. It’s twist is that it offers musical instrument based gameplay without the …

Unreal Engine boss thinks the App Store will soon have its own 'Avatar blockbuster'

Sky1 sports panel show A League of Their Own will from tomorrow feature an Xbox 360 as part of a product placement deal between Microsoft and the broadcaster. In December of last year Ofcom finally gave the nod to legal product placement on UK TV shows. The change came into …

Before everyone said triple-A is heading to mobile, Mark Rein said it. Develop quizzes the Epic boss on the industry's future

The UK digital video games market is bigger than the music and DVD market combined, says retail body ERA. The firm estimates the digital games market made 411m last year, followed by music at 280.7m and digital video at 77.4m. Digital now accounts for 14.6 per cent of the entertainment …

Classic British franchise Championship Manager will arrive on Facebook – but as a game made by GameStop. The global games retail giant has nabbed the rights to Eidos’ footy management game as part of its plan to roll out locally relevant digital content. GameStop currently has two mainland UK stores …

GAME’s new consumer show has done more than ruffle feathers at Eurogamer. Publishers are up in arms that the new Gamefest show will drain their budgets and create logistical problems if they back both events. Last week we revealed more details about Gamefest, which takes place from September 14th to …