More sponsors have thrown their weight behind this year’s MCV Awards. Rising online retailer The Hut Group is official partner of the Games Publisher award, while peripherals specialists AntiGrav is sponsoring the new Peripherals & Accessories Brand award. I’m really pleased that The Hut Group are sponsoring best Games Publisher …

Peripherals specialist A4T has signed a three-year license deal with EA. Announced at CES, the agreement will see the firm produce a range of accessories under the EA Sports label, including fitness products for the EA Sports Active brand. Accessories will be made available for all platforms including the iPod. …

Nordic Games says the UK was a major part of its first year success in 2009. The company released games across a number of territories last year. Speaking to MCV, the firm’s sales and marketing director Nik Blower revealed that the publisher’s key titles recorded their best performances at UK …

PC World and Currys owner DSG International achieved an eight per cent like-for-like sales growth over the Christmas period, thanks largely to electrical sales in the UK and Ireland. The results – which cover the 12 weeks ending January 9th – significantly exceed analyst expectations of around a two or …

HMV group has reported a 14.6 per cent year-on-year increase in its UK and Ireland stores for the five weeks ending January 2nd 2010. For the ten weeks ending on the same date the growth stands at 13.4 per cent. Like-for-like sales increased 2.2 per cent over the five weeks …

The DSi XL will carry a slightly higher trade price than its predecessor DSi, MCV understands. There will be a slight premium on the Nintendo DSi XL trade price to retailers compared to the Nintendo DSi,” a Nintendo spokesperson told MCV on confirming that the device is to launch in …

Publisher Atari has at last opened the digital doors to the public beta for Cryptic Studio’s long awaited MMO Star Trek Online. Running until January 26th, the beta offers players the chance to take control of their own Federation or Klingon vessel in a world populated by thousands of other …

Despite huge success for its 2009 digital strategy LucasArts says retail releases are still a key part of its business. Last year the publisher revived many of its classic older IPs, with both new and old Monkey Island titles launched for iPhone, Xbox Live Arcade, PC and WiiWare. Embracing digital …

Grainger Games has told MCV that it will kick off a heavy-duty expansion plan in the coming months.The retailer hopes to build on the successes of last year, which included the rebranding of its existing stores and the extension of its distribution and head office facility. Grainger also established seven …

1C’s international publishing director Darryl Still has accused retail of failing to support boxed PC games. The industry veteran says that by refusing to stock certain games and moving PC titles to the back of the store, retail is forcing publishers to head towards digital distribution. And that PC games …