Rawlinson: The games business is no longer made up of isolated components

The Xbox 360 version of PopCap’s successful desktop defence title Plants vs Zombies will be released on XBL tomorrow (September 8th) for 1200 Microsoft Points – which is around 10. PopCap also confirmed retail versions of Zuma and Peggle will hit stores later this year. Plants vs Zombies on Xbox …

Consumers looking to get involved in the PlayStation Move experience but not intending to pick up the Move Starter Pack will be able to download demos of a number of Move-compatible titles over PSN. The news comes from the US PlayStation forum where the platform holder states: Most of the …

The decline of the boxed PC games market has claimed one of its most high-profile casualties yet with news that the PC arm of famed football management series Championship Manager has been put on hold”. Instead, developer Beautiful Game Studios is to focus on expanding the series into growing markets …

One of the key personnel behind the creation of Xbox Live has left his position at Microsoft for a new role in retail. According to his blog, Andre Vrignaud has joined the team at Amazon. While he hasn’t revealed his new position, it is hinted that it will be heavily …

Reports have emerged that 2K Games’ Mafia II has been banned in the United Arab Emirates. The Naitional Media Council has banned the game from being released and officially sold at any retail outlets in the region, according to MEGamers. While no specific reasons have been given for this ruling, …

You’ve recently changed roles. What does your job entail now?Call of Duty’s global business unit is based in Santa Monica and is led by Philip Earl. I’m leading the business unit here in Europe. We have a team of dedicated core people working in each country – France, UK, Italy, …

Grainger Games has announced two key appointments as it once again grows its store count. The independent chain opened a new store this week in Stockport. It now has a total of 35 outlets spread across the North of England. Coinciding with this milestone is a new addition to the …

Multiple temporary HMV outlets will be established in the coming months across the UK. The retailer plans to open up to 20 stores specifically to deal with the busy holiday shopping season – more than twice the number it opened last year. While locations have yet to be finalised, MCV …

Having gone live only last week, ambitious online games retailer Gametail is once again in the headlines thanks to an eye-catching deal it is currently offering on Microsoft’s Halo: Reach. The site has the game up for pre-order for just 31.95. And as the comparison table it has published shows, …