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INTERVIEW: Pav Bhardwaj, Xbox Live UK

INTERVIEW: Pav Bhardwaj, Xbox Live UK

Microsoft’s Xbox Live UK product manager talks Minecraft, Arcade Next and the future of the Xbox 360 online platform.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Apr 18th 2012 at 11:18AM in News
Tesco posts first UK profit decline for 20 years

Tesco posts first UK profit decline for 20 years

It may be the biggest and most important retailer in the UK, but supermarket giant Tesco has posted its first fall in UK profits for 20 years.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 18th 2012 at 9:35AM in News
Red PS3 hitting UK early next month

Red PS3 hitting UK early next month

A brand new 320GB Red PS3 console will be released in the UK at the beginning of May.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 16th 2012 at 11:54AM in News
Syndicate sales "hurt" by GAME instability

Syndicate sales "hurt" by GAME instability

Developer Starbreeze has claimed that the recent instability at retailer GAME “hurt” the sales of its recent shooter Syndicate.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 16th 2012 at 10:55AM in News

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New UK boss for Tecmo Koei

New UK boss for Tecmo Koei

Publisher Tecmo Koei has flown in an exec from its Japan HQ to run the UK office.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Apr 13th 2012 at 4:35PM in News
UK games retail makes £14.6m

UK games retail makes £14.6m

Kinect Star Wars helped the UK games retail market get back on track last week, which generated over £2m more than it did the prior week.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Apr 13th 2012 at 9:25AM in News
Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Apr 13th 2012 at 9:00AM in News
GAME crisis drives market depression

GAME crisis drives market depression

The collapse of GAME took a heavy toll on the UK games retail market last month.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Apr 12th 2012 at 9:43AM in News

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Vox Games gets official brand, hires UK writer

Vox Games gets official brand, hires UK writer

Vox Games, as it has been called since its announcement in January, has now received its official branding – Polygon.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 10th 2012 at 1:45PM in News
UK CHARTS: No.1, Kinect Star Wars is

UK CHARTS: No.1, Kinect Star Wars is

The Force is remarkably strong with Microsoft this week as its new Xbox 360 title Kinect Star Wars debuts at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 10th 2012 at 10:00AM in News
UK games retail generates £12.3m

UK games retail generates £12.3m

Despite a handful of new releases hitting shelves, the UK games retail market only grew by a fraction during the week ending March 31st.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Apr 5th 2012 at 9:50AM in News
Gamefly lands in the UK

Gamefly lands in the UK

US games retailer Gamefly has opened a UK website.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Apr 4th 2012 at 2:51PM in News

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ANALYSIS: UK Games Market's Top 5 Brands

ANALYSIS: UK Games Market's Top 5 Brands

In this new regular segment with insight from leading stat-trackers, Chart-Track director Dorian Bloch reveals the Top Five best-selling video games brands in the UK...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Apr 4th 2012 at 1:20PM in News
WRC 3 races to retail this October

WRC 3 races to retail this October

Black Bean Games’ rally racer WRC 3 will hit UK shelves this October on PC, consoles and PS Vita.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Apr 2nd 2012 at 4:57PM in News
Vita's £1.5m Easter campaign

Vita's £1.5m Easter campaign

Sony is pouring £1.5million into an Easter campaign for PlayStation Vita.

James Batchelor
by James Batchelor
on Apr 2nd 2012 at 12:35PM in News
Friday's Five-Second Facts

Friday's Five-Second Facts

Read and remember these stats so you can sound clever at the next Monday morning meeting.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Mar 30th 2012 at 1:00PM in News

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UK industry hopeful for reinvented GAME

UK industry hopeful for reinvented GAME

GAME must become a smaller, more dedicated specialist should it survive administration, says top games publishers.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Mar 29th 2012 at 9:24AM in News
Phew, Britannia - tax break boost welcomed

Phew, Britannia - tax break boost welcomed

Oour specialist retail chain is in dire straits, and Britsoft publishers are extinct.

Michael French
by Michael French
on Mar 29th 2012 at 9:11AM in News
UK games retail revenues drop to £14.1m

UK games retail revenues drop to £14.1m

UK games retail generated £14.1m last week – a dip of 21.2 per cent from the £17.9m made during the week prior.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Mar 23rd 2012 at 12:20PM in News
GameStop "focused entirely on competing digitally in the UK"

GameStop "focused entirely on competing digitally in the UK"

Speaking to investors following the publication of its most recent fiscal results, GameStop has seemingly ruled out the chance of a GAME takeover in the UK.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 22nd 2012 at 4:01PM in News
Slight decline in UK games store numbers

Slight decline in UK games store numbers

There are fewer stores than ever selling games, ERA and Chart-Track says.

Christopher Dring
by Christopher Dring
on Mar 22nd 2012 at 11:06AM in News
UK video game tax breaks are back on the agenda

UK video game tax breaks are back on the agenda

The UK government has declared its intention to establish a nationwide game tax break policy, in a dramatic manoeuvre that leaves the British sector in shock and jubilation.

Rob Crossley
by Rob Crossley
on Mar 21st 2012 at 1:05PM in News
UK games retail generated £17.9m last week

UK games retail generated £17.9m last week

The UK games retail market rallied last week thanks to the release of EA’s Mass Effect 3 and Capcom’s Street Fighter X Tekken.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Mar 16th 2012 at 1:25PM in News
UK CHARTS: Mass Effect 3 shatters series records

UK CHARTS: Mass Effect 3 shatters series records

EA’s Mass Effect 3 has made a strong debut at the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 12th 2012 at 9:38AM in News
Software Sales Monitor: Market drops to £12.1m

Software Sales Monitor: Market drops to £12.1m

The steady drop in market value and unit sales continued last week, with UK games retail shifting nine per cent fewer games week-on-week.

Dominic Sacco
by Dominic Sacco
on Mar 9th 2012 at 12:22PM in News