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You’d think distribution would be a less exciting part of the games industry, but you’d be wrong. As its life is so deeply rooted with physical retail, the sector faces just as many ups and downs as the High Street. If it’s not the threat of new competitors emerging and …

The Nintendo 3DS will get its first 19.99 RRP boxed game this summer. And publishers say titles with ‘satisfying, attractive price-points’ is just what the handheld needs. The first is Boulderdash-XL 3D – a 3DS version of the puzzler’s XBLA revamp. This 19.99 release is due in June, courtesy of …

2012 games and consoles TV activity up to February 12th has remained fairly static year-on-year, with a three per cent decline in individual TVRs. This week we look at two of the key contributing factors to this change. The number of campaigns that have been on air can be a …

The launch of PlayStation Vita wasn’t enough to prevent a drop in sales last week, though a handful of exclusive games made it into the All Formats Top 40. Uncharted: Golden Abyss and FIFA Football topped the charts at No.1 and No.2 respectively. The pair made up half of Vita’s …

Streaming games service OnLive has joined forces with the 14th Annual Independent Games Festival to promote some of the games expected to star at the event. Beginning today and running until March 11st, US and UK OnLive users can play a selection of 16 games that are either IGF nominees …

The UK’s leading games retailer GAME will be stocking Ubisoft’s Vita launch games from tomorrow. The confirmation comes from VG247, who were simply told: To confirm the Vita Ubisoft titles will be available in all of GAME’s channels from tomorrow.” Titles included in Ubisoft’s Vita launch range are Rayman Origins, …

There’s no margin to be made on new releases anymore.” MCV hears this more and more from specialist stores every week. Once upon a time boxed games would be sold very close to their RRP on release day. But this hasn’t been the trend for years. Earlier this month we …

Just when you thought there was no room left for new games publications, three have emerged during the last week alone. Two magazines have been announced – MyM and Continue – flying in the face of claims that print is dead. The former will launch at WH Smiths and independent …

Consumers who buy from Zavvi.com can now earn loyalty points, giving them money off future purchases. Zavvi has introduced a new Rewardz loyalty scheme, which offers customers points every time they buy a game or other item from the online store. For every 1 a consumer spends on Zavvi.com, they’ll …

California was forced to pick up the legal fees for a Supreme court case regarding legislation to fine retailers for selling minors games deemed violent. The cost to taxpayers totalled about $1.8m dollars for a law which never took effect, The Sacramento Beereported. The Supreme court ruled against the law, …