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I read with interest your cover story last week (‘Can recession end price war?’ MCV 24/7). It was an interesting take on things, and appears to make sense: as games retailers’ margins become more and more squeezed, and Argos leads the way by putting up its prices, many more of …

An analyst who claims to have seen a prototype of Apple’s new secret project says the company is building a multimedia device that will play videogames. The new source adds to a growing list of eyewitnesses who insist they have been shown Apple’s newest product. Several separate sources have already …

Bethesda Softworks Europe has signed up a new futuristic racer made for the Wii by Archer Maclean’s studio Awesome Play. Due out in autumn 2009 the game, called Wheelspin, is described as a ‘a high-energy racing, high-impact game spread across a wide range of inter-planetary tracks’. The game features solo, …

The inaugural Gamescom trade fair takes place in just over two weeks. For those planning to go – and those who still need convincing – we’ve put together a special preview to the event and Cologne city guide. This six-page supplement details everything you need to know about what is …

MCV’s vital weekly retail digest, RetailBiz, is available to view onlineand download now. Our special six-page supplement offers an in-depth look at this week’s official Gfk-ChartTrack multiformat Top 40 – once again dominated by Nintendo’s Wii Sports Resort – as well as all of the official UK single and multi-format …

Ubisoft believes that new 3D film Avatar – and its subsequent game adaptation – can create a similar buzz to the first Harry Potter movie. In one of his first interviews since joining Ubisoft as marketing director from Microsoft, Murray Pannell said that the title – which will appear in …

Earlier this year MCV broke the news that long-time Microsoft man Murray Pannell had joined Ubisoft as marketing boss. In his first major interview since taking the role he talks to Michael French about the publisher’s titles for this year, a long-term promotion strategy and reaching new demographics…You’ve been in …

The trading director of Shop Direct, parent company of Woolworths Online, has left the firm – sparking speculation that the business is in trouble. David Inglis left last week, according to Associated Newspapers, after relaunching the Woolworths brand online in June. As reported by MCV, the firm has snapped up …

Asda’s entertainment director Fergal Gara has questioned the publishing community’s recent decision to raise RRP of top triple-A software. As revealed by MCV, Activision and other publishers have pushed up the RRP of top upcoming games, including Modern Warfare 2. Gara (pictured) told MCV: It is a worry. We don’t …

And today publishers and developers are now pushing for a chart that counts sales of downloaded games for PC plus consoles and mobile. Establishing such a list won’t just prove how the attitude towards digital distribution has done a U-turn, or that consumer spending on games is high despite dips …