Best Buy’s Thurrock store will feature an ‘Ultimate Games Experience’ room when it opens next month. The games area will feature HD TVs, 5.1 surround sound as well as Wii, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC formats. The room is sponsored by Virgin Media and follows research conducted by Best Buy, …

Major Japanese retailers are once again stocking the notorious R4 card, despite the device being banned from sale last year. In February 2009, Nintendo and more than 50 other companies successfully campaigned to have the R4 card declared illegal in Japan – the device that allows DS owners to play …

Retailer GAME has made its first moves following the staff consultation period it entered into last month, with some employees seeing their contracted hours reduced. MCV reported last month that employees had been called into meetings in stores across the country to be informed of the national review and to …

Leading UK video games retailer GAME has introduced warning stickers on pre-owned copies of games that do not include the DLC those who bought the new version would have found in the box. The move comes following news last month that GameStop is being sued for being deceptively misleading” after …

This year’s Eurogamer Expo will once again welcome entertainment chain HMV as a key sponsor and retail partner for the upcoming event, scheduled to take place at Earls Court between October 1st and October 3rd. As well as sampling a number of the year’s biggest upcoming titles, the new tie-up …

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Why have you decided to return to the games industry and take your new position at Capcom Europe? When I retired from Sony, I did what I said I would do and I have been working with a lot of charities – specifically St John’s Ambulance where I am a …

This week’s GfK Chart-Track data, which includes the top 40 multiformat software charts, has been delayed today. ELSPA’s David Smith said: Unfortunately a major retailer has had system problems and as a result has not been able to deliver their Saturday sales data. We understand that the problem will not …

It will take a long time for the full picture of Activision and Infinity Ward’s dispute to be painted, but a more immediate effect is one that gamers most certainly will notice – potential delays to Modern Warfare 3. As part of Activision’s counter-lawsuit aimed at former Infinity Ward bosses …

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