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Zoombits believes it can turnover 10 million in games by the end of 2010, MCV can reveal. The online retailer – formerly known as Memorybits – is on the hunt for two games buyers to help drive sales. The firm also plans to sell software at cost in an attempt …
Read More »Online retail start-up takes on rivals
An ambitious online games retailer believes it will be able to steal considerable” market share from Amazon, Play.com and ShopTo.net this Christmas after a major investment in its site. GameGears.co.uk is eyeing a 2 million turnover for the next calendar year, after striking deals with publishers such as Activision for …
Read More »Zavvi loses its ‘.co.uk’
As Zavvi’s online rebirth continues to gather pace at the hands of new owners The Hut, the portal has revealed that it is to ditch its UK specific top-level domain and rebrand itself as Zavvi.com. The move comes as the brand announces its intentions to expand into the European market. …
Read More »Online retail braced for postal nightmare
Games retail has drawn up contingency plans ahead of strike action by Royal Mail staff, MCV can reveal. Disruption to delivery services has been affecting parts of the UK already, which has forced online specialists including Play, Amazon, Gameseek, ShopTo, SimplyGames, The Hut and Zoombits to source rival postal firms. …
Read More »Developers must not ignore digital distribution
Those who do risk becoming redundant, says Develop columnist
Read More »Atari and Turbine lock legal horns
Dungeons & Dragons developer's claims 'frivolous', says publisher
Read More »Extraordinary Games Businesses 2: Giant Interactive
Nick Gibson takes a look at another innovative business model
Read More »CCP unveils EVE on consoles
CCP’s Hilmar Veigar Petursson unveiled the studios’s latest ambition at GDC Europe today – a new project called Dust 514 which bridges the gap between FPS and MMO audiences. The game is an FPS for console – but one that is set in the EVE universe, and feeds back into …
Read More »The Hut: Well raise sales by 800%
The Hut has vowed to become Europe’s No.1 online retailer, following a multi-million pound investment and a string of high profile new recruits. The firm plans to extend its white label business globally, with a target of increasing its turnover by 800 per cent from 25 million to 200 million …
Read More »Warner plans Midway IP revamp
Following the media empire’s $49 million Midway takeover, Warner Bros has chosen to name two of the various franchises it has bought along with the company. As a result of the Midway acquisition, which includes the Mortal Kombat and SpyHunter franchises,” said the group, Warner Bros now has access to …
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