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Retail powerhouse Tesco has reported a surge in profits for its financial year ending February 28th 2011. Group sales climbed 8.1 per cent to 67.6bn, with profit jumping 12.3 per cent to 3.8bn. Asian profit was up 30 per cent year-on-year which helped offset the disappointing UK performance, which accounts …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Zumba still No.1
505 Games’ Zumba Fitness is still the UK’s No.1 video games according to the latest data from UKIE and GfK Chart-Track. It’s the second week the fitness hit has outsold every other title on the UK High Street. LucasArts’ LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars climbs one place to …
Read More »No UK price cut for PSP
A spokesperson for SCE UK has confirmed to MCV that the recent price cut to the PSP in mainland Europe will not apply in the UK. From today the machine will retail for just €129.99 – that’s almost a 25 per cent discount. "The price drop is for continental Europe …
Read More »The new £1,500 Cave game
129.99 not expensive enough for you? How about $300? No? How about a brand new version of Cave shooter Akai Katana for 1,500? Yep, thought so. Cult developer Cave has begun selling some of its titles on a PCB board (as they would be supplied to arcades) to home users, …
Read More »IGN hires UK commercial director
Adam Hopkinson has joined the IGN UK team as commercial director. He joins from Target Media, where he worked for 12 years – most recently in the role of group trading director. He will now lead IGN’s sales team, operating across the company’s film, games and lifestyle brands and reporting …
Read More ȣ45m sales windfall for games retail
UK retailers took home over 45m during the biggest sales week for video games this year. According to our retail sources, 3DS generated around 25m in software and hardware sales during its first two days on sale. It bested the DS’ debut UK week in 2005. Overall it was a …
Read More »Now Vodafone delays Xperia Play launch
It looks like the chances of Sony Ericsson’s PlayStation phone the Xperia Play hitting the UK High Street tomorrow are becoming increasingly slim. An email forwarded to VG247 last night suggests that Vodafone has now delayed the launch of the handset. Sony Ericsson have advised us that they will not …
Read More »Interview: TIGA Casual Games Committee
Mike Hawkyard breaks down what this new committee means for UK devs
Read More »‘Zero calls’ about 3DS dizziness at Nintendo UK
Nintendo has told MCV that is has not received a single call relating to dizziness or feelings of sickness from 3DS owners in the UK. The response comes on the back of a report in The Sun today claiming that "Hundreds of furious gamers have slammed Nintendo’s new 3DS console …
Read More »Bowles replaces Boita at SCE UK
SCE UK has welcomed a new marketing manager to its team this week. Mark Bowles has moved over from SCEE, where he has worked for five years. He was product manager for Gran Turismo and responsible for the popular GT Academy competition. Bowles was subsequently promoted to senior brand manager …
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