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Watch out GAME: Asda has revealed a dramatic new plan to capture significant market share in games, including a move into pre-owned sales. The revelation came during Asda’s Music, Video and Games Conference 2009 last week, where the firm announced plans to extend shelf space, sell gift cards, and roll-out …

This week, there is an opportunity to join the fold at intent media, as we are looking for a sub-editor to join the team. The role, which is detailed below, offers a fantastic opportunity to work with us full or part time. This is a sub-editing role for a trade …

505 is offering you the chance to win one of five copies of IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey, on the format of your choice, be it Xbox 360, PS3, PSP or DS. Take a look at our exclusive preview of the game here. To be in with a chance of …

The UK publishing community has called for an official downloads sales chart, headed up by GfK-ChartTrack. An ELSPA forum took place earlier this week (Wednesday, July 29th) in which the leading publisher bosses discussed the possibility of setting up a download-only chart. Publishers feel that the true popularity of their …

Industry stalwart Chris Deering has estimated that today’s triple-A video games need to be priced at 70 – if the trade’s current release cycle for ‘blockbuster games’ is to be maintained. His comments come just two weeks after we revealed that Activision had raised the SRP of Modern Warfare 2 …

HMV CEO Simon Fox could be set to leave the retailer to become the new boss of ITV, according to reports. According to The FT, HMV shares fell more than two per cent yesterday as the City digested the news. Fox, 48, took the top job at HMV in 2006, …

Rising prices for new releases won’t harm customer demand, leading online, indie and chain retailers have told MCV. This week concerns over price rises for titles like Modern Warfare 2 (pictured) spilt over into the mainstream media, with BBC Radio 1, The Telegraph and The Times wading into the story …

Blaze has announced the release of their all new DS Lite Illuminated charging dock. Designed with ‘style conscious gamers’ in mind, the dock’s charge is indicated by a cool electric blue glow which illuminates the console. The unit includes a spare AC charging adaptor.

Best Buy Europe has named its CEO ahead of next year’s introduction of ‘big box stores’ into Europe. Scott Wheway, 42, moves up from his role as COO – which he accepted in May, and now relinquishes. Wheway will report to the shareholder board of Best Buy Europe. He assumes …

Our stated strategy is to launch one to two titles targeted at the core gamer each year, each with the potential to become a long term franchise. In early January, we plan to release our new action game, Darksiders. Darksiders generated tremendous interest at E3 this year and was nominated …