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Zavvi.com in new street date row
The Hut Group-owned online retailer Zavvi.com has once again been accused of deliberately selling games early with listings for BioShock 2 on its eBay portal stating that game is now in stock and despatching”. Zavvi.com was caught up in a similar storm last year when some customers who had pre-ordered …
Read More »New THQ digital push ‘a boost for creativity’
UK studio man explains why THQ turned two studios towards XBLA, PSN and iPhone
Read More »Best Buy slams GAME gossip
Best Buy has refuted growing industry chatter about a partnership with European games specialist, GAME. Several industry nose-tappers have suggested the US retail giant is looking to buy GAME outright. Meanwhile, others suggested that branded in-store concessions would appear in Best Buy’s UK outlets when they open in the spring, …
Read More »No standalone 250GB HDD for the UK
Microsoft has dashed hopes that the launch of a standalone SKU for the 250GB Xbox 360 HDD in Japan may lead to a similar move in the UK, while at the same time suggesting that the current top-end 120GB model is on the way out. Microsoft is now offering a …
Read More »Global Video Game Market Analysis – 2009
According to recent findings from Top Global Markets, an integrated monthly report from leading providers of consumer and retail information in the video games industry, The NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track Limited and Enterbrain, Inc., combined video game software unit sales across the world’s three largest games markets experienced a decline …
Read More »Global games decline measured at 8%
The world’s three biggest retail markets for video games saw a combined decline of eight per cent in sales last year according to a new report. A new Top Global Markets report from NPD, GfK-ChartTrack and Famitsu – which integrates data from USA, UK and Japan – shows the downtown …
Read More »EB gets behind Aussie R18+ campaign
Global retailer EB Games is to throw its weight behind the drive to legalise violent games in Australia by promoting awareness of the campaign in its many stores across the territory. Due to the way the Australian regulators are structured, the highest certificate currently available for video games is M15+, …
Read More »PopCap lawsuit loss hits $7.3m
Sizable legal fees tops up costs in MumboJumbo case
Read More »US: Legal fees slam PopCap
A judge has topped up PopCap’s damages and fees payable to casual rival MumboJumbo, adding $2.7 million in legal fees to the $4.6 million damages awarded last week, following a jury verdict. Following a hearing in the 193rd Civil District Court inDallas County, JudgeCarl Ginsbergsaid he would enter an order …
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