Sarah Kaye will be Tesco’s new senior buying manager for video games, the retailer has announced. She will take the role from Monday, February 28th.Kaye joined the supermarket giant in June last year as buying manager for games. The sales exec was recruited from Call of Duty publisher Activision, where …

Time is running out. There is only one day left to send in your suggestions for this year’s MCV Industry Excellence Awards. All nominations must be sent to AwardsLobbying@intentmedia.co.uk by 12pm on Friday, February 11th. Be sure to include a brief summary of why your chosen candidate should be considered. …

Outplay targeting social and mobile games, creating 150 jobs in Dundee â?? and backed by Scottish government

Distribution is filled with lots of boring, un-sexy words that can make you ignore what is often the literal pulse of games retail. Manufacturing. Replenishment. Fulfilment. Logistics. That’s our veins, arteries, capillaries, and aorta. They keep the games blood of goods moving around the retail circulation system. But give UK …

But give UK distribution a health check and the results are at first glance alarming. Sure, some of our muscle is stronger than ever. There are a clutch of big companies that I shouldn’t have to name, each with international clout and backing that serve this country’s retailers well. However …

A major new option in games distribution has emerged, and you already know its name: Sony DADC. The company best known for manufacturing PC and PlayStation games this week told MCV it is now offering primary distribution services to publishers and developers. DADC will flex the muscle of its already-established disc …

Retailer GAME is offering a guaranteed trade-in offer on Namco Bandai’s Test Drive Unlimited 2 that effectively means gamers can obtain the title for just 5. Any customer who buys the game for 39.99 on either Xbox 360 or PS3 will be entitled to trade the game in for 35 …

[Update:Activision has confirmed around 500 job losses.] Publisher Activision will later today announce severe and sweeping cuts across its global organisation, reports claim. The Call Of Duty owner is thought will make an unknown number of staff at London and Leamington Spa studio FreeStyleGames redundant, while the future of Canadian …

The price of the hotly anticipated Nintendo 3DS has dropped even further today, with Tesco slashing its pre-order price to 197. The offer is only available until tomorrow, but customers who order the device can use a voucher code to save 20 on their purchase, knocking the price down from …

When you think of a Top Ten PC game, the likes of StarCraft II, World of Warcraft, The Sims and Football Manager probably spring to mind. You certainly don’t think of Farming Simulator 2011. But this quirky little niche game not only raced into sixth place in the PC Top Ten, it …