So it’s with wide arms that we welcome Alworths to the retail fold. It’s not been an easy ride for Andy Latham’s new chain. One of the original architects, Tony Page, left the project early on, while Shop Direct – owner of Woolworths.co.uk – is threatening legal action over the …

Woolworths’ former development boss has told MCV he will open up to 200 Alworths stores throughout the UK – and games will be stocked in all outlets. Andy Latham – MD of the new retail chain – launched the first five Alworths stores last month. He has hired a team …

SCEA has revealed that its PS3-only third person sandbox adventure InFamous has sold 1.2m copies worldwide since its release this summer according to the US PlayStation blog. Whilst selling a million copies is certainly not to be sniffed at, the number is surely below what both Sony and developer Sucker …

Microsoft is to introduce games-on-demand as part of the Games for Windows Live service, mirroring the introduction of a similar retail portal on Xbox Live earlier this year. Titles confirmed for launch include Capcom’s Resident Evil 5, THQ’s Red Faction Guerrilla, Eidos’ Battlestations: Pacific as well as some indie offerings …

Square Enix emerged victorious at last night’s MCV/Xbox 360 Quizmas Party, after fighting off Amazon and Imagine Publishing. A mixture of retailers, media, peripheral firms and publishers gathered at London’s Sway Bar to battle to be the biggest brains in games, and win some pretty spectacular prizes, including Xbox 360 …

A cocktail of strong debate and sparkling wit was the outcome of sister site Develop’s first ever Jury Service feature, which resulted in a near-unanimous verdict that physical content is now on borrowed time. If you look at the model adopted by the music industry, it is getting rarer and …

Sony’s handheld ‘for the digital lifestyle’ will die out if its downloadable software keeps to UMD prices, according to Traveller’s Tales director Jon Burton. I’m betting on Sony making PSPgo games much cheaper than the UMD versions, or the PSPgo will die,” he told Develop. He went on to describe …

Five and a half years since it first hit European retail shelves, Sony has confirmed that total worldwide sales of its SingStar series have now passed the 20m units barrier. The news comes as a number of new features go live for owners of the PS3 version, including a range …

Travellerâ??s Talesâ?? Jon Burton foresees the end of physical media for games

Industry responds to Yoichi Wadaâ??s claim that physical gaming is heading for extinction