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Oxygen Games won’t lose a single member of staff, despite falling into administration this week – after the label’s assets were purchased by sales and distribution firm OG International. OGI today told MCV that it would immediately begin marketing and selling Oxygen games and IP. MCV understands that 13 former …

Of course I bought my copy from Tesco. I’d have been a fool not too. Don’t shoot the messenger – loads of the getting-on-for-a-million other purchasers of the game will surely have done the same. (It’s worth pointing out here that I’d have paid another tenner – and I bet …

MCV has today tied up deals to ensure that retail circulation is not affected by any potential Royal Mail strikes. Up to 4,000 additional copies will be published every week, with direct distribution to all key store managers and indies around the country. The increased total circulation starts this week, …

UK publishing outfit Oxygen Games has fallen into administration, MCV can reveal. The UK company was best known for its PDC World Championship Darts games, and recently released crime-solving title Cate West: The Vanishing Files on DS and Wii. MCV understands that Carolynn Clark and Martin Buttriss at FA Simms …

GAME’s admission that pre-owned sales (sock!) offer better margins than new releases and are (pow!) set to grow beyond providing a quarter of its revenues has no doubt gone down about as well with ELSPA’s members as a Christmas Card from the BBFC. For years, the retail-publishing alliance have abided …

Leading downloads provider Direct2Drive is keen to see the formation of a digital games chart, despite resistance to the prospect from competitors including Steam. In an exclusive interview with MCV, Rich Keen – marketing director of IGN-owned Direct2Drive – said that a chart would make the digital market appear more …

Steam isn’t the only digital download platform enjoying the benefits of the online boom – IGN’s Direct2Drive service is seeing record growth. Tim Ingham speaks to marketing boss Rich Keen…How is Direct2Drive performing compared to previous years?September was the fifth anniversary of Direct2Drive globally. We’ve been established in the UK …

Electronic Arts’ FIFA 10 has remained the best-selling game of the week – it’s still the UK’s No.1 game. The all-conquering football franchise, which EA only last week revealed had sold through almost 2m units in Europe, was one of the biggest game launches ever a week ago and interest …

MCV’s Recommended Extra dedicated to Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus is now available to read online. You can flick through the pages or download the whole thing as a PDF. And as a special treat, there’s also a downloadable preview and online magazine of MCV’s preview of Nintendo game Style Boutique …

Amazon.co.uk has slashed 60 off the price of the original Wii bundle today. The deal sees the pack, which includes Wii Sports, sell for 139.99 on the site – down from a trade price of 199.99. The bundle also includes one wireless Wii Remote and one Nunchuk. The deal seems …