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ELSPA and GfK-ChartTrack have this morning released UK video game sales results for the first half of 2009 And thanks to Nintendo the numbers show that family games and educational titles are currently the most popular genre in the country. Nintendo’s Wii Fit, Wii Play and Mario Kart Wii titles …
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Q&A: David Amor, part two
Relentless co-founder talks PS3, casual games, Buzz and digital distribution
Read More »No trade-in kiosks for Best Buy UK
Carphone Warehouse has told MCV that there are no plans to bring the trade-in ‘vending machines’ seen in Best Buy US stores to the UK. The kiosks are currently being trialled in Best Buy outlets in Dallas and Austin, and are similar to machines that appeared in Wal-Mart in May. …
Read More »The moment we’ve been rating for
ELSPA grafted for 12 long months to convince Labour to make PEGI the UK’s sole ratings system for games – but the real work’s only just begun. Tim Ingham gets the full story from Michael Rawlinson… What are your initial reactions to the Digital Britain report?I think it’s a fantastic …
Read More »Battlefield 1943 out next week
The next instalment in DICE’s popular multiplayer war series Battlefield 1943 will be released on Xbox 360 and PS3 next week, publisher EA has confirmed. Xbox 360 owners will get a one-day head start of their PlayStation rivals when the game arrives on Xbox Live on July 8th, priced at …
Read More »Reborn Woolworths bursts into life
Woolworths.co.uk has kicked off a nationwide marketing campaign to draw consumers to its site, in a sign of its strength as a reborn retailer. The site sells items across three ‘shops’: the main Woolworths.co.uk site, Entertainment and Party & Pick’n’Mix. And after officially launching last week, the firm has now …
Read More »Sim-free iPhone 3GS now available
Gadget lovers looking to legally get their hands on an Apple iPhone 3GS but not wanting to commit themselves to O2 have been given a lifeline by online retail giant Play.com – though if you thought Apple’s prices were steep, you haven’t seen anything yet. All the details are over …
Read More »Zeebo and the Brazilian job
The new console has finally launched in the Latin-American country
Read More »Warner Bros boss questions pre-owned
The global boss of Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment has told MCV that the pre-owned market could damage the games industry. In an exclusive interview, Martin Tremblay said that the publisher was always looking at new data” – but that he couldn’t condone re-selling of old titles at retail. He commented: …
Read More »JAPAN: Wii Sports Resort arrives
The UK still has a few weeks left before what could potentially be the biggest ever Wii title arrives at retail, but Wii Sports Resort is out in Japan right now and has already been selling in big numbers. Kotaku reports that Nintendo’s Motion Plus enhanced title sold 353,827 copies …
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