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UK entertainment retailer HMV has launched an interesting new customer loyalty scheme that offers members the chance to snap up a range of limited edition or hard to find items not available on the High Street. Following a successful trial in the West Midlands and East Anglia, Pure HMV is …

Just three weeks ahead of the girls-and-all return of E3, publisher Atari has made a surprise withdrawal from the event. [We’ve taken a] proactive decision to attend but not exhibit at this year’s E3 event,” an Atari spokesperson told Joystiq. [We are] currently focused on other selling and marketing initiatives …

The rumour mill is working overtime ahead of June’s E3 event, and now the Wall Street Journal is the latest to claim that Microsoft will unveil a new game controller at the event. According to the US business publication, "Microsoft is developing a new videocamera for its Xbox 360 videogame …

MCV’s sister site PC Retail has undergone a radical transformation, with its new look now online and available for all to see. The upgrade reinforces its position as the leading UK computing and IT channel website and print publication, featuring news, industry comment, interviews with leading names in the trade …

A recent Twitter posting from Microsoft’s Office 2010 account has sent the pre-E3 speculators into silly season with the hope that Microsoft could just maybe be preparing to unveil a new gaming-equipped Zune at E3 next month. Engadget reports that the Office Twitter thread recently posted: June 2009 will be …

Money is tight, going out is expensive – it’s bad news for the economy but not, it seems, for games retail. New research from Harris International shows that spending on home entertainment is on the up, and with it come san increase in the number of UK console gamers. A …

The home console debut and second DS outing for Maxis’ popular universe sim Spore have been officially revealed by publisher EA, with both titles due to hit retail by the end of the year. Spore Hero, the first Wii version of the series, offers ‘an accessible, story-driven action-adventure’. Players must …

Demigod developer Stardock has stated that the huge piracy rates suffered by its recent PC release Demigod will not result in the studio implementing copy protection DRM. If I wrote a post saying that Demigod sales were far below what we had hoped for and I said that the reason …

iPhone’s credentials as a ‘serious’ games platform have been given another boost with the release of a brand new Resident Evil title that aims to mirror the gameplay seen on recent home console versions of the series. Resident Evil: Degeneration, which follows the events depicted in the recent CGI movie …

MMO publisher NCsoft has banished the memories of a financially challenging 2008 with an impressive start to 2009 – net income for the quarter ending March 31st was up 315 per cent year-on-year, reaching $27m. Operating income jumped 128 per cent at $34.3m, whilst sales hit $107.7 per cent – …