Entries in 'indies' (27)
Five top High Street games stores
MCV and Koch Media round off Independent Retail Month with our final special feature focusing on the sector. This week, we look at five of the UK’s top stores.
New service turns indies into digital retailers
Think the digital market is only open to the big players? Think again.
Five fast-growing indie retailers
MCV and Koch Media continue Independent Retail Month with a roundup of five games indies which have grown massively in recent years.
EA are "cynical bastards" who are "methodically destroying" games
Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has unleashed a vicious verbal assault on leading global publisher EA.
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20 best indie games retailers revealed
MCV has teamed up with distributor Koch Media to kick off Independent Retail Month, starting with a list of 20 of the most successful UK indie games retailers.
Indies grab exclusive Resident Evil DLC
Independent games stores are beaming after receiving exclusive content for the new Resident Evil.
Portas on the hunt for indie retailers for new TV show
In her latest series, Mary Portas will be helping our independent shops that are struggling to survive or wants to expand.
Indies furious over Old Republic collector's edition
Independent games retailers are in uproar having missed out on stocking the GAME-exclusive £130 edition of Star Wars: The Old Republic.
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Pickford attacks BAFTA Game Awards
A prominent indie developer has listed extensive criticisms of the BAFTA Game Awards and its organisers.
Indies: 'Special editions for big retail chains are restrictive trade'
Limited edition games sold only in GAME and HMV are a restrictive trade practice, say indie retailers.
Indie devs crowned at Develop Awards
The biggest ever Develop Awards saw 17 different companies score major games industry accolades this evening.
Top 20 UK indie retailers revealed
With the price of games becoming increasingly competitive between retailers, it’s not the easiest time to be an independent.
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PRS climbdown after MCV report
The society that charges retailers to play music in their stores has decided to lower its price for video game demos.
Indies applaud Gem support for Kinect
Independent retailers say they ultimately did not miss out when must-have Xbox 360 peripheral Kinect rolled out last week.
‘Days are numbered for specialist indies’
Indie chain Game Player has closed its doors, and MD Gary Noakes says that the days of specialist retailers are all but over.
Super-indies still going strong
Not all independent retailers are struggling, with Grainger Games and Alworths opening new stores this week.
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Who are the UK's Top 20 indies?
Independent retailers, the Davids of Britain’s games industry, continue to surprise in their ongoing battle with corporate Goliaths of national chains.
Is this the end of specialist games retail?
It’s official: supermarkets are the fastest growing games retailers in the UK.
According to TNS data published by ERA this week, supermarkets took up 17.7 per cent of revenue earned ...
CHIPS trials Xplace info kiosks
Chips stores have been testing out a new device that allows customers to access info on the latest games.
Indies praise MW2 launch support
Indie retailers have praised Activision Blizzard and Centresoft for their support during the launch of Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Indie cries foul over MW2 date breaks
Independent retailer Gameseek is protesting against competitors that broke the street date on Activision Blizzard’s Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
Major indies slam PSPgo pricing policy
Independent retailers have sharply criticised the proposed price point for Sony’s PSPgo and indicated it could result in them not stocking the new handheld.
COMPETITION: Win a disc repair machine
Total Disc Repair is giving away a Disc-Go-Devil disc repair machine to one lucky indie retailer.
Indie retail booms as recession bites
The country’s leading indies plan to expand their ranges and open new stores in a bid to defy the recession and capitalise on the demise of Woolworths.
Indie game studios 'will always be more creative’
Starbreeze Studios’ Johan Kristiansson claims that independent developers will always be more creative than a publisher’s own internal division.
