Games retail has drawn up contingency plans ahead of strike action by Royal Mail staff, MCV can reveal. Disruption to delivery services has been affecting parts of the UK already, which has forced online specialists including Play, Amazon, Gameseek, ShopTo, SimplyGames, The Hut and Zoombits to source rival postal firms. …

It may seem unfair to select in isolation a comment from your recent editorial column, doing so allows me to get on my soapbox and have a good old moan. While I share your congratulations to Codemasters on their recent performance, your column remarked variety at retail is to be …

Click here to browse through the RETAIL BIZ Previews section, home to MCV’s in-depth guide to some of the biggest titles due to hit shelves over the next month. This week, we take a look at Activision Blizzard’s DJ Hero, the upcoming scratch-‘em-up that stands to revolutionise and expand the …

Ex-Amazon finance director John Pollard has launched his own online video game retail website. According to the Lancashire Telegraph, Playgamesuk.com is based in Preston Road in Ribchester and Pollard hopes to double his company’s 1 million turnover. They basically sold games they no longer wanted and it proved so popular …

Nintendo has denied suggestions that its push into the digital download market has a negative impact on physical retail. On the contrary; Nintendo’s European boss Laurent Fischer gave our sister site Develop two main reasons why WiiWare benefits retailers. In an interview published today he said: The first is having …

Users of Nintendo’s download-only DSiWare store are already accustomed to software made specifically for Nintendo’s latest handheld iteration, but 505 Games is for the first time bringing a DSi-only title to European retail. Hair Salon, which will be released on November 13th, is developed by Sonic Powered and utilises the …

This month’s London Games Conference will serve as a rude awakening to the games industry. Speakers attending the October 27th event (tickets for which are available by mailing here) have already revealed to MCV key issues that they plan to address. They say that almost half the industry – around …

The critically acclaimed Plants Vs. Zombies has hit retail shelves. The tower defence game, which pits various plants against an army of zombies, launched as a digital download in May this year for PC, Mac and iPhone. It is Popcap’s fastest-selling title of all time, and has also enjoyed rave …

Sonyâ??s bold disc-less re-imagining of its powerful handheld is finally out in the wild

It may not have enjoyed the same level fanfare that can often usher in a new hardware release, but today’s arrival of the PSPgo is an important landmark for both Sony’s machine and the wider games industry. The PSP has for a long-time been hampered by the generalised belief that …