Majority of developers foresee a digital-only era, but few agree on when that will come

The Hut product director Gian Luzio has left the retailer after less than a year. Luzio joined the firm following a successful stint at Play.com, where he helped grow the firm’s video games range. The Hut CEO Matthew Moulding stated: Gian made a positive impact on the business during the …

Total Disc Repair is to ramp up awareness for its disc cleaning machines with an in-store marketing campaign. The firm will release posters, counter boards, flyers, t-shirts, mugs and floor displays into independent retail, and have also created two consumer websites. The first site, playlikenew.com, promotes the benefits of disc …

â??We staffed aggressively early on to meet deadlinesâ?, firm admits

In the wake of EA’s long-expected purchase of social network gaming specialist Playfish earlier this month, boss John Riccitiello has predicted that emerging online-based gaming models will overtake traditional console gaming to become the dominant force by next year. When people think of games they traditionally think of the Xbox, …

UK retailers have secured exclusive pre-order packs for Sega’s upcoming new IP, Bayonetta. As revealed on Sega’s blog, Play.com is stocking the Climax Edition, which includes a copy of the game, a limited edition box, artbook and a soundtrack CD. Meanwhile, GAME.co.uk is offering a replica gun that’s used in …

UK development legend Ian Livingstone has raised concerns over the growth in pre-owned sales on the High Street – suggesting the practice may force publishers and studios to bypass traditional retail. Speaking exclusively to MCV, Eidos life president Livingstone predicted that IP owners will begin looking to online activation codes …

Experienced industry player Joel Benton launches digital-only publisher Easy Tiger

The former Sony stalwart talks to Develop about two decades at the heart of the games industry

The first in a series of blog posts from Festival of Gamesâ?? Irina Voblaia