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Sony’s pursuit of high-end handheld gaming content will keep retail in the mix – but not every game made for NGP will make it to the High Street. SCEE President Andrew House told MCV that the blockbuster NGP games, such as Uncharted and Call of Duty, will be released on …

Online indie retailer ShopTo.net is hoping to make a big name for itself with its latest brand awareness campaign. The firm booked ads on pitch-side boards during England’s 2-1 victory over Denmark earlier this month, attracting 7m viewers. The ads displayed the ShopTo logo, branding and 3DS imagery to drive …

A new company developing games for very young children hopes to see its products in stores. The company – Made In Me – is targeting non-traditional retail with its game The Land of Me, which is aimed at two to six year-olds. The Land of Me is a mix of …

A class action complaint has been filed against GameStop after the US retail giant was accused of recording the personal information of its customers. The suit was filed by California resident Melissa Arechiga, who claimed a GameStop store kept her name, credit card, and other personal identification information after she …

I remember visiting Best Buy at the launch of its first UK store. There was an excited buzz about the place. This was a retailer that was to open ‘spectacular’ stores the likes of which us Brits have never seen. It would ‘revolutionise’ the way we bought tech, service us …

Amazon and Best Buy have been listed amongst companies that could bid for bankrupt Blockbuster. The firm announced late last month that it was going up for auction following a ‘stalking horse’ offer of $290m by an investor group of lendors. And now the firm has submitted a list of …

HMV Group has warned it expects profit before tax to be ‘moderately below’ the 45m market expectations for its financial year. The retailer – which runs the HMV and Waterstones chains – is still finding trading tough for the first two months of the year, despite a significant upturn in …

Freshly independent games developer Harmonix has applauded its decision to back the once new Xbox 360 peripheral Kinect with its brand new IP Dance Central. Confirming that the game has to date outperformed fellow Harmonix title and established brand Rock Band 3 at retail, CEO Alex Rigopulos has admitted that …

The society that charges retailers to play music in their stores has decided to lower its price for video game demos. High Street stores are now required to pay just 75.90 a year – a far cry from the 140.90 to 465.90 (depending on store size) quoted earlier this month. …

Some of the biggest names in UK retail are set to square off in April as the Retail nominations for the MCV Awards 2011 are finally revealed. GAME, HMV and Zavvi are all competing in both the Specialist Retailer and new Digital Retail Innovation categories, while GameStation also muscles its …