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Retailer ShopTo trebled its market share and posted a turnover of 22 million in its last financial year. The retailer has also told MCV that the site doubled its customer base in 2009 and expects that number to increase by 200,000 by the end of the year. We have trebled …

UK games retailers will see their margins slashed in 2011 as they are forced to swallow the cost of a VAT rise. Senior retail figures have told MCV they are reluctant to raise the price of games above the watermark 39.99 price point once the extra 2.5 per cent comes …

Japanese publisher Square Enix has announced a brand new action title for the PSP called Lord of Arcana. The title sees players being plunged into the dark depths of the underworld to fight vast and powerful creatures of legend in their quest to obtain the power of Arcana”. Combat is …

Jeremy Wigmore has been promoted to VP of publishing for EMEA at Codemasters. Wigmore joined Codemasters in 2008 as general manager for UK and Australia and has overseen the launch of Ashes 2009, Dirt 2 and Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising. Wigmore previously worked as Atari’s UK boss. He will handle …

The president of Sony Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida has told rival Nintendo to quit criticising the use of 3D glasses and instead spend more time promoting the overall 3D market. I have hope that they have a broader perspective with 3D,” Yoshida told IGN. If you really want a big …

Publisher EA has announced a second delay for the Medal of Honor beta on Xbox 360. Early access to the game on PS3 and PC has already entered Phase 2. However, with the FPS preview due to hit Xbox 360 this week, unidentified issues” have held up its arrival once …

Though it has pledged that it won’t strip any existing features from PSN for those who don’t subscribe, Sony is believed to be on the cusp of announcing its first big exclusive PSN Plus functionality. Technologizer dug up some details about the upcoming version of TV streaming service Hulu that’s …

Marketing for the highly anticipated Medal of Honor reboot has already begun. Electronic Arts has been showcasing the game at one of the UK’s biggest music events, and is already planning a number of other promotions – despite the game’s release being four months away. Medal of Honor has already …

Funbox Media has become the new face of defunct publisher Zushi Games. The new company was set up by former Zushi employees and is headed up by managing director Barry Hatch. Funbox will publish a variety of games encompassing a mixture of previous Zushi titles such as Family Gameshow and …

The latest Toy Story game hits retail next month and Disney is expecting it to be ‘an absolute smash hit’. As the follow-up to 1999’s movie sequel, Toy Story 3 already has huge backing from Disney with a massive cinema and internet marketing campaign. The global Toy Story property has …