Retail will not match 2009’s sales figures, despite a Q4 sales surge. Record-breaking sales for FIFA 11 and Black Ops have helped retail beat last year’s Q4 numbers. According to MCV calculations based on Chart-Track data, retail needs to sell more than 20m units and make 313m in three weeks …

Kongregate's CEO shares more details on the digital distributor's new gift card initiative

This January, MCV will provide a comprehensive guide to the job market in 2011, including our annual salary survey – and we’re asking readers to offer feedback. The survey is open to anyone in the games industry, whether you work in retail, publishing, games development, the games media, marketing & …

GameStop and Jolt Online Gaming have launched Utopia Kingdoms, a new free-to-play Facebok game. The title is based on the popular browser-based Utopia series and allows Facebook users to build and manage their own fantasy kingdom. The launch is the latest move from US retail giant GameStop into the casual …

The struggling music genre just needs one big hit to get it out of the doldrums, says EA’s worldwide music executive Steve Schnur. And he hinted to MCV that EA has a few titles on the way that could be just the answer. His comments came in response to questions …

Sega’s executive vice president of sales and marketing Alan Pritchard has confirmed that the publisher will release a Dreamcast Collection for current-gen machines. Recent weeks have seen the release of both Sonic Adventure and Crazy Taxi on both XBLA and PSN, with Space Channel 5 also in the pipeline. It’s …

When MCV caught up with the UK top Xbox execs recently, they were in high spirits. A lot of that had to do with the fact their Xmas party was just hours away. The UK team were ready to toast another year of hard work. But there was another cause …

PC specialist Excalibur has hit out at leading publishers over their lack of support for retail in the digital marketplace. The firm – whose titles include Farming Simulator 2011, Bus Driver and Dive to the Titanic – believes publishers should work more closely with High Street retailers to develop new …

PC MMO title World of Warcraft: Cataclysm sold 3.3m copies in its first 24 hours on sale, developer Blizzard has announced. The company says the numbers make it the best selling PC title of all time. Previous WoW release Wrath of the Lich King sold 2.8m copies in its first …

To mark its tenth successive year in business Gameseek has given its website a major overhaul. The specialist internet retailer says it is also increasing its product range as it looks to reach new consumers. Gameseek now stocks over 230,000 products consisting of the latest video games on multiple formats, …