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Suppliers burnt by EUK’s demise disagree over whether to feed Zavvi with Christmas stock that will help it pay off its huge debts. MCV understands that some of the UK’s largest publishers have reclaimed stock from EUK administrator Deloitte and are now trading direct with individual Zavvi stores – after …

The UK faces losing its third biggest video games retailer in the wake of the Woolworths collapse, representing an annual market value of 137 million, MCV understands. Figures from market analyst firm TNS Global show that sales of video games at Woolworths accounted for 8.2 per cent of the total …

Sony Europe President David Reeves has told MCV that he believes games are still the whipping boy” in the British media. In our exclusive interview, he said: In a sense, but often you get the impression that for the likes of The Daily Mail and Keith Vaz we’re the whipping …

Firstly, can you give us an update on the progress made by the Sony games business this year?Two years ago we lost $2bn dollars globally on the SCE business – we thought at the time it was a lot of money, but in perspective with things like Citibank it’s not …

It’s already been a record-breaking year for video games sales in the UK, with unheard of Q1, Q2, and Q3 sales – and the market’s total value for the year has already beaten 2007’s value, MCV can reveal. The UK software market is on course to toast another record-breaking year, …

Rockstar has renewed its deal with Take-Two, defying speculation that the Grand Theft Auto developer was to part company and pursue independence. Sam Houser, Dan Houser, Leslie Benzies and several other ‘key members of the creative team behind the renowned Grand Theft Auto series’ have secured ongoing employment as part …

Recent rumors have been circling that SCi/Eidos is on the block and the list of potential suitors includes EA , Ubisoft, Square Enix and Warner Brothers. Other bigger game companies could be interested too. Is there truth in the grapevine?To read more, click here.

Paramount has set its sights on ‘furthering its initiatives’ in the games space – despite the departure of ‘games boss’ Sandi Isaacs . Isaacs left the company earlier this week, in a move which the movie giant has told MCV has been overstated through the media”. Paramount last week announced …

[You can find the original version of this article here] If ongoing trade rumors are any indication, however, there may be little need to rush out and print new letterhead. Recent rumors have been circling that SCi/Eidos is on the block and the list of potential suitors includes EA, Ubisoft, …

Woolworths administrator Deloitte has revealed that food, clothing and budget retailers are amongst those that have made bids for 300 of the company’s prime locations. And despite over 500 stores still being yet to receive a firm offer, joint administrator Neville Kahn said today that he was confident Woolworths would …