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Koch Media has signed up kids games specialist The Game Factory as an exclusive client. Koch told MCV that it will take on the exclusive distribution of the publisher’s titles across the UK and Eire. Koch will handle The Game Factory’s packed line-up of releases in time to take advantage …

Midway has let a number of staff go from its Chicago studio as development on upcoming titles has wound down. The news, first reported by Kotaku, comes on the heels of the resignation of chairwoman Shari Redstone and Midway’s latest financials confirming operating losses for the publisher. For the full …

Shopto.net has launched a brand new games magazine that will reach 50,000 readers, MCV can reveal. The online retailer’s 32 page free publication will be available from this week, and the quarterly magazine will be distributed free to all Shopto.net customers with copies also available from universities, internet cafes, gyms …

As MCV sister site Develop revealed yesterday, the buyer for the other half of Swordfish Studios has today been named – with Codemasters swooping to acquire Swordfish Birmingham to create its fourth development studio. The move comes following Activision Blizzard’s July announcement that it plans to ‘realign or divest’ assets …

But our cover story this week is the first time ever the company has publically moved to mark its territory in video games – and you should take note. Undoubtedly, Apple plans to replicate its domineering success in music with its games and software push. It’s one of the biggest …

GFK-ChartTrack has predicted that this year’s Christmas period will push the UK industry to its biggest Q4 ever in terms of both unit sales and value. The news comes in the week that a report from leading global sales monitor Top Global Markets showed software sales growth has flattened around …

EA is celebrating one of the most successful months in its history – after FIFA 09 hit one million UK sales in record time, and over 60,000 people attended the publisher’s landmark Be The One consumer event in London. The title hit a million after just five weeks on the …

Some of the UK’s leading developers and publishers have discussed PS2’s relevance to the domestic market with MCV – and it appears the console may be bowing out sooner than you might think. The industry leaders we spoke to were largely unanmimous in agreeing that they would halt new releases …

PlayStation 2 is dead: Long live PS3. Well, at least after Christmas. That’s the message from some of the console’s most successful developers and publishers this week – as they agree a plan to halt new releases on the system following the festive period. The console has proved the most …

HMV’s flagship Oxford Street store saw the official launch of Wrath of The Lich King at midnight last night, attracting a whopping 2,500 strong horde of fans. The second expansion for huge franchise World of Warcraft was officially launched in Europe at the HMV store, where patient fans got to …