Entries in 'dvd' (28)
GAME embraces film with biggest ever DVD range
GAME will be launching its biggest range of Blu-rays and DVDs in-store and online from Monday May 13th.
OPINION: DVD hits £700m so far in 2012, highlighting the challenge for games retail
DVD and Blu-ray have already made more than £700m for UK retail this year.
FEATURE: Bringing Movies to Games Retail
The summer is almost upon and that means a drought for games retailers. With only a handful of big releases to keep us going until late August, sales are expected to dry ...
Video games now bigger than movies
Growth in digital has seen video games overtake movies as the most lucrative entertainment medium in the UK.
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Games retailers turn to film for sales boost
UK games retailers are missing a trick by not stocking DVD and Blu-rays, Koch has told MCV.
Nintendo shuns DVD once again
There's nothing Nintendo likes to do more than be a little different and it's a tradition that the Wii U will embrace in more ways than one.
Disney plans games and movie bundles
Disney Interactive has teamed up with its movie division to launch new video game and DVD movie packs.
New 360 discs get 1GB boost
Tech blog Digital Foundry claims to have word that the "updated disc format" being trailed on Xbox 360 adds around 1GB of extra capacity to DVD discs.
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Games eclipse fitness DVD market
Fitness video games are outselling their DVD rivals according to Chart-Track figures.
Latest Xbox update blocks piracy
It looks as if the recent update to the Xbox 360 UI was more than simply preparation for the arrival of Kinect – it’s also dealt a big blow to ...
ShopTo targets movie market
ShopTo will ramp up its DVD and Blu-ray range after reporting record market share last week.
DVDs and CDs out, video games in
The US arm of retailer Best Buy is to increase the shelf space it gives to video games by cutting the allocation granted to DVDs and CDs.
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Xbox 360 has a ‘storage problem’
The developer drafted in by Konami to work on the upcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadows has said that while the game will be shipping on a single Blu-ray disc for ...
MW2 is 2009’s entertainment champ
Having shattered most the game industry’s records upon its release last year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has also emerged as the overall UK entertainment champ of 2009.
Lost Planet 2 cut on Xbox 360
Publisher Capcom has confirmed that it was forced to cut a “significant” amount of content from the Xbox 360 version of upcoming shooter Lost Planet 2 thanks to the lack ...
Games RRP increase on the cards?
Gamers could face an unwelcome price hike at some stage this year as the price of procuring polycarbonate – a key material in the disc manufacturing process – continues to ...
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Halo heading to Blu-ray
The Master Chief remains an Xbox 360 loyalist for now, but PS3 owners will for the first time next month get the chance to bring Bungie’s universe to their consoles ...
UK DVD sales hit £2bn in '09
The DVD market continues to outperform video games in 2009, with £2.167 billion worth of DVD and Blu-ray discs sold last year.
Gaming surpasses film in 2009
Despite the British cinema industry enjoying its best 12 months in almost 30 years, the UK public spent around half a billion pounds more on gaming than it did movies ...
Tesco unveils digital movie drive
It already boasts a popular and competitive MP3 marketplace and now leading national supermarket Tesco has taken a huge stride into the digital video space with the announcement of its ...
Amazon debuts own brand electronics
Amazon has launched a portfolio of low price consumer electronic accessories under its own AmazonBasics brand.
Blu-ray and DVD sales down
The global market for both Blu-ray and DVD discs dropped by 4.8 per cent to $482m in 2008, with analyst Screen Digest blaming both the worldwide recession and online piracy ...
Forza 3 to come on two DVDs
The increasing complexity of games and the limited storage capacity of DVDs has been threatening to come to a head for Xbox 360 of late, and Forza 3 is set ...
Games overtake films in global entertainment market
Statistics from market research company Media Control Gfk International suggest that gaming has overtaken DVD and Blu-ray in terms of worldwide market value, Edge Online reports.
JAPAN: Blu-ray hardware outsells DVD for the first time
Stats from Gfk Retail and Technology Japan have revealed that in the first week of November Blu-ray disc recording hardware outsold DVD recorders for the first time.
