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3D Resident Evil 5 coming to PC

EA Sports may be turning its back on boxed PC releases, but rival publisher Capcom has announced that it will be releasing both boxed and digital versions of some of its biggest titles on PC this year. The headline title is next-gen hit Resident Evil 5, which will be released …

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UK retail sees 0.7% Q1 decline

The UK High Street suffered a like-for-like sales decline of 0.7 per cent in Q1 and 1.2 per cent in March, the latest figures from the British retail Consortium reveal. Retail Week reports, however, that total sales grew 1.2 per cent year-on-year, with March number’s climbing by 0.6 per cent. …

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PopCap: The end of retail still a long way off

Leading casual games developer PopCap has stated that High Street retail still forms a vital part of its business plan as it allows the company to reach customers that remain inaccessible through digital delivery platforms. While a platform such as Xbox Live Arcade or PlayStation Network gives us an opportunity …

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Retail sales dip in February

The unexpected upturn in retail fortunes seen in January has not been carried over to February, with the British Retail Consortium reporting a 1.8 per cent like-for-like drop on the High Street compared to the same month in 2008. Retail Week reports that total sales did grow, at least, increasing …

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Capcom: Downloads more important than retail for PC

Japanese publisher Capcom has stated that it now believes that digital distribution is more important to the PC market that traditional High Street retail. Is digital distribution more important to the PC than retail? For me? Absolutely. No question in my mind,” Capcom’s vice president of strategic planning Christian Svensson …

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Street Fighter IV becomes biggest no.1 of 2009

Not content with merely entering the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 in first spot , Capcom’s Street Fighter IV has also become the best selling All Formats Number One of the year to date. It’s sales success also makes it the best selling ‘traditional’ beat ‘em up since the …

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Two million copies of Street Fighter IV shipped

Following the UK release of next-gen fighter Street Fighter IV last Friday, Japanese games publisher Capcom has announced that it has shipped two million copies of the game worldwide, Edge reports. Its week one success in the UK will be revealed later today when GfK-ChartTrack announces the latest UK Charts. …

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NPD: Gamers prefer boxed product

Whilst the drive towards digital distribution continues to gather pace, leading North American games analyst NPD has stated that gamers still prefer boxed product – and that 58 per cent have still never downloaded a game. Edge reports that speaking at last week’s DICE Summit in LA, NPD’s Anita Frazier …

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January retail figures give room for optimism

The retail figures for January are in and paint a mixed picture, with the good news of an overall like-for-like increase of 1.1 per cent in sales muddied by news that non-food sales slipped 1.6 per cent. Retail Week reports that BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor numbers showed a total sales …

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Coronation Street heading to DS

Publisher Mindscape is to release a Coronation Street title on Nintendo’s DS which it describes as an adventure and task based concept set within the theme of the famous fictional street”. CasualGaming.biz has the full story – click here for details.

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