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NEW WII RPG Little King’s Story arrival on April 24th is a rare thing – a Japanese-developed game that launches in Europe before being released in its home territory. Dubbed by the publisher as ‘one of the first new IPs of 2009′ the game is now being backed up with …

While the firm is enjoying its first UK number one for two years, MCV can reveal that Sony’s PSP and PS3 formats have passed key sales milestones in the territory as well. The PlayStation 3 has now sold over two million units in the country with PSP now at three …

RETAIL BIZ: This Friday’s games release slate is led by two highly anticipated games connected by their military themes… but divided by time. Sega’s Empire: Total War is already available, having released on Wednesday. The next iteration in the critically acclaimed Total War series is based around 18th Century conflicts, …

Blockbuster has denied that it is using law firm Kirkland & Ellis to help it file for bankruptcy. National newspapers reported this morning that the retailer had recruited Kirkland to advise it on ‘bankruptcy or restructuring’. However, Blockbuster spokeswoman Karen Raskopf has told Bloomberg: We’ve hired them for refinancing and …

Giant entertainment retail chain Blockbuster is close to collapse, according to national reports. The US chain, which has 700 stores in the UK, has been suspended on the New York Stock Exchange after its shares fell more than 76 per cent. The firm has asked law firm Kirkland & Ellis …

RETAIL BIZ: The official ELSPA/gfK-ChartTrack charts are in – but it’s not all about the All Formats list. By visiting MCV’s official single format charts each week, you can keep fully up-to-date with what’s going on at UK tills. Killzone 2 dominates PS3’s list this week and Microsoft’s Halo Wars …

The Finalists stage is a hard-nosed business, with Team MCV picking out special cases for special praise. Then we let the Judging Panel decide winners. And there’s a hundred judges to moan at. We even publish their names, but only after they have voted. So all above board. Anyway, congratulations …

ELSPA has fired back at headline-grabbing claims made today by the BBFC that parents in the UK are concerned over child safety and the content of video games. A YouGov poll put together by the British Board of Film Classification suggested that three quarters of British parents are concerned about …

Eidos has posted a 26 per cent rise in revenues in its fiscal results for the first half of the fiscal year. The Britsoft publisher saw losses cut to 1 million in the six months to the end of December 2008. Revenues hit 80.3 million in the period, compared to …

RETAIL STORES owned and operated by Microsoft are on the way to major European cities such as London – and the format-holder has confirmed to MCV it will be selling Xbox 360 games, hardware and PC titles through the new outlets. Last week, the firm announced plans to open a …