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Three members of UK retailer GAME’s senior management team have departed the company, MCV can reveal. Group Online and Digital Operations managing director Alex Croft, HR manager Malcolm Knight and Scandinavia, Czech Republic and emerging markets regional MD Adolf Kristjansson have reached agreement with the board that it is the …
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Misconceptions in a shifting world of marketing
In this weekÃs column, Lovell looks at how marketing has changed in a self-publishing world
Read More »GAME cuts Wii to £129.98
UK retailer GAME is offering both the black and white versions of the latest Nintendo Wii bundle for just 129.98 this bank holiday weekend – that’s 50 less than the normal 179.99 retail price. The SKU includes a console, nunchuck controller, Motion Plus add-on and copies of both Wii Sports …
Read More »Global games market worth over $100bn
It’s always been hard to accurately value the total worth of the entire games industry given the trade’s mix of large private and public companies. But canny investment banker Paul Heydon of independent banking firm Avista Partners offered a glimpse into the total value of the market – and where …
Read More »Cave releases second iPhone shmup
Cult Japanese developer Cave has published its second game on Apple’s App Store. Launched overnight, Dodonpachi Resurrection is the first home version of arcade hit DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu and offers Cave’s trademark ‘bullet-hell’ gameplay. It includes both the original arcade version of the game and an adapted iPhone interpretation. The game …
Read More »US: Target enters pre-owned sector
American retailer Target is to join the likes of Best Buy, Walmart, 7-Eleven and Toys R Us in offering shoppers the chance to trade in their old games and consoles for in-store credit. Its pre-owned scheme was yesterday debuted in Northern California and is expected to be rolled out to …
Read More »nDreams: Casual’s future is in narrative
CEO Patrick Oâ??Luanaigh on the changes coming to casual games design
Read More »Game Changers: nDreams
How an indie UK studio is redefining the role of the games developer in the modern era
Read More »Activision predicts Prestige Edition hit
Publisher Activision believes it has a big hit on its hands with the Prestige Edition of Call of Duty: Black Ops. The SKU will retail exclusively at HMV, GAME and Gamestation when it arrives on November 9th. The collector’s box set for Xbox 360 and PS3 features an RC-XD Surveillance …
Read More »PS3 hack does work
It looks as if the PSJailbreak, the first device that claims to allow for the playing of backed up (read: pirated) games on PS3 is real. We’ve has had confirmation of the procedure’s success,” iTWire reports. There are a few caveats, including the requirement to have any other PS3 game …
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