Retail is feeling the chill as Arctic weather threatens to bring the country to a standstill this week. Several big December releases – including World of Warcraft: Cataclysm – failed to hit stores in time for launch in recent weeks as icy weather disrupted key deliveries. Now games outlets are drawing …

Telltale Games’ downloadable Tales of Monkey Island series will make the move to UK retail next year, courtesy of Lace Mamba Global. The publisher has signed a new partnership with the renowned digital games developer that will see it handle the newest Monkey Island game collection in the UK, Australia, …

Major UK distributors have advised games retailers of new SRPs to accommodate next month’s VAT increase, confirming that trade prices will not be lowered. Earlier this month retail pleaded with suppliers to lower their trade prices so as to remove pressure to lower margins. If this isn’t done, retailers may …

SCEE president Andrew House has deep reservations over digital downloading. He acknowledges that digital is becoming an increasingly important part of the games market, but believes it still has significant challenges to overcome. The reason retail has been around for thousands of years is because it works really well at …

The world’s biggest digital games retailer is under attack. MCV understands that key ‘traditional’ retailers will drop titles that integrate the popular Steam service as fears mount that the it has a ‘monopoly’ on the download market. Insiders say Steam, run by US studio Valve, serves a massive 80 per …

Surprisingly, despite some dismal headlines in the trade – some of which we’ve published – and general excitement around digital games, optimism has broken through. You can read the full results of our MCV Annual Retail Survey by clicking here. Yes, some of the anecdotal comments are quite damning. The …

Wondering what games retail are worried about in the New Year? And what’s been the best thing about 2010 so far? MCV goes behind the tills in its annual retail survey. WHAT HAS BEEN YOUR HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR FOR GAMES RETAIL? BLACK OPS received the majority of votes this year …

GAMES RETAIL has never been more challenging, but store managers are confident about their business as the New Year approaches. 85 per cent of retailers say they are positive about the health of their business moving into 2011. This is despite market shrinkage in 2010, several independent retailers closing their …

UK retailers remain unconvinced of the value of cloud computing and 3D technology, despite the fact they have been two of the hottest topics in the tech industry this year and are being heavily pushed by some of the biggest firms in the market. The PCR Channel Survey canvassed 100 …

A sequel to Atari’s 2009 console hit Ghostbusters: The Video Game will skip retail altogether and instead be released on Xbox Live, PSN and PC. USA Today reports Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime will once again see players assume the role of the Ghostbusting rookie hired to the team in the …