One of the UK’s staunchest anti-games critics is back on the warpath with the news that Keith Vaz, the Labour MP for Leicester East, has gone to Parliament with fresh concerns about the dangers of violent games. Vaz has table an Early Day Motion to the Commons urging the Government …

Online leader Amazon has once again been named as the biggest etailer in the UK by analyst Experian HitWise. TechRadar reports that Amazon has claimed the top spot every year since the firm started producing the league table. Catalogue specialist Argos claimed second place just ahead of entertainment giant Play.com …

Apple has at long last issued a full response to the ongoing crisis enveloping the iPhone 4 and its antenna design. And here it is in full: Dear iPhone 4 Users, The iPhone 4 has been the most successful product launch in Apple’s history. It has been judged by reviewers …

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 was the single biggest revenue contributor to the US video games market in May, according to NPD, with total unit sales of its console hitting 195k in the period and revenue reaching $254m (total May revenue hit $823.5m). It also fared well in the software market, with …

A serious design flaw or a big ball of nothing – however you view the Apple iPhone 4 antenna crisis, the good news for retailers is that rubber bands are suddenly in serious demand. While the true extent of the iPhone 4’s reception issues are still yet to be fully …

Mammoth retailer Tesco is also planning to boost its presence in the video games market, after a strong year in the sector. We’ve doubled our market share in both hardware and games," Tesco’s category director for entertainment Rob Salter told MCV’s sister site PCR. "And we’ve invested quite heavily in …

Online retailers with distribution facilities off the UK mainland are safe from the VAT hike. The likes of HMV, Amazon, Play and The Hut run operations from Jersey or Guernsey, which means they’ll remain unaffected by the increase. Digital distributors not based in the UK will also be able to …

Retailer ShopTo trebled its market share and posted a turnover of 22 million in its last financial year. The retailer has also told MCV that the site doubled its customer base in 2009 and expects that number to increase by 200,000 by the end of the year. We have trebled …

Marketing for the highly anticipated Medal of Honor reboot has already begun. Electronic Arts has been showcasing the game at one of the UK’s biggest music events, and is already planning a number of other promotions – despite the game’s release being four months away. Medal of Honor has already …

Funbox Media has become the new face of defunct publisher Zushi Games. The new company was set up by former Zushi employees and is headed up by managing director Barry Hatch. Funbox will publish a variety of games encompassing a mixture of previous Zushi titles such as Family Gameshow and …