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505 Games’ Zumba is the UK’s No.1 video game this week. Although seeing a week-on-week decline in sales after shooting to No.2 last week, the fitness game’s weekly sales still outstripped those of EA’s Crysis 2, last week’s No.1. Sales of Zumba were down 49 per cent, but Crysis 2 …

The biggest names in the UK games trade descended upon the Brewery for the MCV Industry Excellence Awards last night. The event began with the Sega-sponsored pre-drinks at Parker McMillan, with eager industry execs making the most of the free drinks. Leading nominees including Nintendo then made their way up …

Amazon defeated the supermarkets to be crowned best general retail at the MCV Awards last night. The firm was the only online company in this new category. The specialist retail prize was scooped by GAME, having missed out on winning any awards last year. Meanwhile, star store was awarded to …

Dish Network has bought Blockbuster in a $320m deal. The second-largest satellite TV company in the US snapped the company up through a bankruptcy auction, beating competition from Carl Icahn and a group od debtholders. The transaction still needs to be approved by a bankruptcy court however. Dish Network’s EVP …

MCV readers and awards guests are being asked to help raise 4,000 for Gamesaid. You can donate now, on the night or after the awards to help the industry’s charity, which has been doing fantastic work to help the lives of children and young people. Over 620 retailers, media and …

Gamers could soon be able to buy Xbox Live, PSN or Nintendo points from their local newsagents. That’s if PaySafeCard gets its own way. The firm operates a service where customers can get code print-outs from tills, similar to how mobile top-ups work. It already offers Facebook Credits, as well …

GameStop’s International VP Mike Mauler said the chain will grow and improve its mainland European storebase over the next 12 months. During a call to investors last week, the firm said performance of European stores was up year-on-year, as part of an overall modest International sales increase of 0.4 per …

The retailer set up following the collapse of Woolworths has gone into administration. The 17-strong chain was set up in 2009 by former Woolies head of development Andy Latham. The shop mirrored Woolworths in terms of range, which included toys, confectionary, music, games and DVDs. The firm is based in …

Nintendo has declared itself happy with the 3DS’ opening weekend sales of 113,000, even though the figure falls some way short of pre-launch expectations. Last week the firm announced that pre-orders alone stood at 140,000 and most pundits were pitching their sell-through estimates at between 150,000 to 200,000. It would …

Independent games retailers have urged the Government to make good on its promise to review the Channel Islands’ tax loophole. Plans outlined during the 2011 Budget last week include reducing the upper limit on VAT-free goods, publishing a report and holding a meeting in May to discuss whether to remove …