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Lucy Scott has been named as Comet’s new games buyer. She replaces Azeem Sadiq who has moved categories to Vision Essentials, Home AV and digital services. Scott joins from Argos, where she worked for over four years on categories including jewellery, gifts, luggages, DVDs and DIY. I’m very happy to …
Read More »Green Man Gaming launches mobile payments
PC game downloader Green Man Gaming has teamed up with GlobalCharge to offer its customers mobile payments. Customers can now update their store credit from their mobile bill or pay as you go credit. Many other distributors already offer mobile payments. The movie payment market is expected to be worth …
Read More »Simon Harvey returns with Bosh
A new entertainment commercial and marketing broker, Bosh Entertainment, has launched – with the former Barrington Harvey chief at the helm. Simon Harvey has teamed up with US-based marketing wiz Tina Vukovic, who has worked for Sony Music and Geffen.The new firm hopes to use its media and marketing expertise …
Read More »Activision reveals new-look PR team
Activision has significantly strengthened its UK and Euro PR teams, with three new recruits. Craig O’Boyle joins as director for European public relations. He replaces Nick Grange, who left the firm for Apple in April. O’Boyle joined the publisher in August and has worked in PR for ten years, including …
Read More ȣ3.2bn Olympic opportunity for games retailers
HMV and GAME hope to get a slice of Olympic gold as they open new-look stores in Westfield’s 1.45bn Stratford shopping complex. Westfield says the centre – which opened at the Olympic village this week – has a catchment area of 4.1m residents, with a potential spend of 3.24bn between …
Read More »Activision signs Nickelodeon for Spyro tour
Kids TV giant Nickelodeon and Activision are going on tour to promote Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure. The pan-European tour will be advertised on Nick’s TV and digital channels, and will make use of the firm’s Slime Truck to take the game across the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden and Spain. …
Read More »Cartoon Network teams up with Xbox for new show
The other kids TV giant, Cartoon Network, has partnered with Xbox to market the arrival of its new hit TV show, The Amazing World of Gumball. The cartoon – which is developed in the UK – is already a smash hit in the US and is notable for combining 2D, …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Kunio Neo and Martin Schneider
Konami has gone some time without a Metal Gear moment.Since the last game in its iconic stealth franchise – June 2008’s chart-topper Metal Gear Solid 4 – sales successes have been few and far between. The biggest disappointment has been the Pro Evo series. Once the jewel in Konami’s release …
Read More »505 shines in bleak August for UK retail
Retail will hope the worst is behind it as August game sales plunged to new lows. The boxed games market did enjoy a late sales spike with Deus Ex, which reached No.2 in the Chart-Track monthly charts despite just two days on sale. But this only highlights what a weak …
Read More »FEATURE: Digital thriving on the High Street
Ask an industry exec what retailers can do to survive in today’s increasingly digital marketplace, and they’ll tell you: ‘Retail needs to evolve.’ It’s a meaningless soundbite because when asked how, few seem to know. Those that do simply suggest copying Apple’s store format or spending millions on unproven online …
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