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Were you surprised by your win?Surprised would be an understatement. I won last year too – so I really thought that there was no way the industry would vote for me or that the GMA organisers would let me win two years in a row. Plus, last year I had …

Zavvi is selling the Xbox 360 for under 100 for the first time in its history, MCV has learnt. In a last-minute Christmas sale, the company has reduced the Arcade SKU to 99.99 – news which could kick off festive a hardware price war on the High Street. The Premium …

Zavvi has reportedly opened a separate bank account to deposit takings from shoppers who have bought store vouchers. Zavvi believes that the funds will be protected from an administrator if it is forced to cease trading. EUK, the distribution division of Woolworths, is believed to be owed about 100m by …

Time Warner has purchased ten million shares in Eidos PLC, bringing its total stake in the company up to over 19 per cent. The Warner Bros parent now owns 52.52 million shares in the UK publisher, which was previously known as SCi Entertainment. Sources have long pointed to Warner as …

Following news reports earlier today that EUK administrator Deloitte has called in Zavvi’s debt to the distributor, the UK entertainment retailer has clarified its position to MCV. Zavvi has refuted claims that it will be forced into administration by Deloitte, whilst also offering its condolensces to those who lost jobs …

Just minutes after news of EUK’s demise – and the loss of around 700 jobs – it has emerged that the distributor’s administrator Deloitte has called in Ernst & Young to restructure Zavvi’s management team in a bid to claw back some 106m owed to EUK. Zavvi, which previously traded …

You can now read the this week’s issue of MCV magazine online – simply point your browser here and turn the pages. The launch of a digital edition means MCV can now be read by more people than ever before, increasing both its editorial influence and advertiser value. You can …

Sega is confident it can defy the economic climate in 2009, with a wealth of new IP to the market in 2009. The publisher enjoyed a stellar 2008, with Wii sensation Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games sailing past the two million mark. The firm also recorded its first …

Supermarkets continued to irk retailers – to the extent that not only were they characterised as the biggest threat to UK retail but many also tried to ironically nominate them as ‘best distributor’. And, as usual, most retailers would love to swap occupations with some of the world’s leading video …

UK video games companies have thrown cash in the face of the economic slowdown – spending an incredible 139 million on Q4 marketing as other trades tighten their belts. The huge figure has funded a deluge of above-the-line advertising in the past three months, dominating newspapers and TV ad breaks …