Entertainment retailer HMV has revealed that it has grabbed the exclusive UK rights to sell Sony’s Killzone 3: Helghast Special Edition Pack. As was reported last month, the SKU’s headline inclusion is a hand-painted replica Helghast Helmet. Also in the box is a 6.5 inch Cloaking Helghast Marksman action figure, …

A third of the execs we surveyed for our look ahead at 2011 named 3DS as their highlight of the year. Indeed, a new console launch, not a hardware add-on, is a potential antidote to the winter blues. And if the rumourmill is to be believed, we’ve got at least …

And if the rumourmill is to be believed, we’ve got at least one new Sony handheld on the way too. Renewed excitement around games handhelds cannot come soon enough – if they’re not too late. My most enlightening moment at Christmas was when an eight-year-old relative told me that now …

Nintendo DS was the UK’s biggest selling games device of 2010, MCV understands. Although sales decreased year-on-year, combined sales of DSi, DSi XL and DS Lite just outstripped 360 by just over 50,000 units, according to our retail sources. Since going on sale in 2004 DS has become the most …

Nintendo’s 3DS could save the struggling UK games market, claim industry bosses. Worrying figures from GfK Chart-Track this week revealed that the UK games market contracted 13 per cent year-on-year in 2010 – down 29 per cent since the Wii/DS boom of 2008. 2.875 billion was generated from software, hardware …

Global games retail giant GameStop has reported a 3.4 per cent like-for-like sales boost for the nine weeks ending January 1st. Overall the retailer saw 5.4 per cent growth compared to Christmas 2009. Revenues for the period hit $3.02bn. Hardware sales were up 7.4 per cent year-on-year with Microsoft’s Xbox …

Electronic Arts will turn its attentions to Android mobile platform following its successes on Apple’s App Store. The firm will publish a range of titles for Google’s smartphone operating system as it continues to maximise digital revenue opportunities. The firm has in recent times faced challenges in the traditional retail …

Online retail giant Amazon plans to throw its weight behind a new app store for Android devices. The retailer, which in recent years has profited greatly from digital distribution products such as Kindle, is thought to be listing games on its own website – as opposed to the Android Marketplace. …

Portal 2 optimised for new CPU/GPU hybrid

Today is your last chance to participate in this year’s MCV Salary Survey, where you can offer your thoughts on the 2011 jobs market. The survey is embedded in the text below and is open to anyone in the games industry – whether you work in retail, publishing, games development, …