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UPDATE: An official spokesperson from the US GameStop office has contacted MCV with the following statement: These comments from an unnamed and unknown person claiming to be a GameStop employee are inaccurate. Pre-owned is the cornerstone of our business and, as you say, a key driving force for us. Both …

Apple has removed a number of threads containing complaints about the iPhone 4 from its comment boards. According to Mac User, the vendor deleted comments that referred to an unfavourable review by Consumer Reports, the US equivalent to Which?. The referred article was critical of the widely reported antenna problems …

Though opinion on the likely success or otherwise of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Kinect camera remains divided, Caris & Co analyst Sandeep Aggarwal believes the camera could make as much as $1bn for the company in its first year on the market. Kinect could generate $2bn in incremental consumer spending on …

With the expected big time E3 announcement” from Jason West And Vince Zampella’s new studio Respawn failing to materialise, the guessing game surrounding the developer’s huge summer blockbuster” continues. But industry analyst Michael Pachter reckons that the studio is not in fact planning to take on Activision in the crowded …

Having yet to deliver on the high hopes placed upon it by publisher Microsoft, the future of Remedy’s Alan Wake IP remains very much in the balance. NPD’s sales data for North America last month revealed that the game sold 145k units in May – not a terrible performance but …

Tesco has increased the size of its games buying team from six to nine over the past year, with a tenth member to follow. The news comes as the supermarket doubled its market share in software and hardware year-on-year. Tesco senior buying manager for games John Stanhope told MCV: While …

New Cath Kidston products are set to hit John Lewis stores across the UK. The range – developed by Venom – includes a new DS case and a selection of products for iPod and iPhone. Each product features a look based on designer Cath Kidston’s latest summer patterns. The handheld …

A brand new games distributor specialising in casual titles has emerged – White Room Games. The firm has been set up by former PlayV general manager Luiz Ferreira, who takes on the role of director. White Room will focus on the casual games market and entice smaller publishers and developers …

Microsoft’s ambitious new motion device – Kinect – will be out this autumn, but don’t expect to see the best games for it until 2012. That’s according to Gamesbrief founder and analyst Nicholas Lovell and Yoostar CEO Greg Fischbach, who say that developers need time to get to grips with …

Games will receive more floor space at Sainsbury’s over the next year after significantly driving both sales and footfall in 2009. The supermarket enjoyed its fifth consecutive year of like-for-like growth in the entertainment sector, as well as a 17.5 per cent rise in profit. Non-food MD Luke Jensen announced …