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XBLA title State of Decay matches the UK's ENTIRE physical market in one week
275,000 physical games were sold in the UK last week. Xbox Live title State of Decay sold 250,000 units in two days in the same week.
Hollywood vs Video Games
Cinema and video games have always had quite the on-again, off-again relationship, but one look at UK cinema box office and you’d wonder whether games developers or publishers take any ...
Grid 2 continues to lead the UK Charts pack; Remember Me claims 3rd
Codemasters’ racer Grid 2 remains at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week despite a 50 per cent drop in sales.
Q1 2013 halts decline of US games market as digital grows 15% to claim majority share
The US video games market has ceased its decline, according to the latest numbers from NPD.
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Decline in boxed software sales is hitting Japanese market hardest
A failure to keep pace with changes to the international games market has hit the Japanese games industry hardest.
BT hires games writer
BT.com is relaunching this summer, complete with a new video game section featuring previews, reviews, video content and features.
Hirai: PS4 is first and foremost a video game console
PS4 may be a multimedia device, but Sony is keen to highlight that gaming remains very much at the forefront of its offer.
Gennaro Castaldo leaves HMV for BPI
He has outlasted almost everyone in the games industry, but HMV is sadly saying goodbye to PR mastermind Gennaro Castaldo.
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One gamer's impassioned plea to protect pre-owned
Consumer rights should be kept at the forefront of any proposed change to the pre-owned games model.
Microsoft: Console still accounts for 42% of the total video games market
With Microsoft and Sony about the throw millions and millions of pounds at launching their next-gen consoles, some observers may quite rightly ask one question – why?
Machinima: Lights, camera, traction
Two weeks ago we took a long look at the current state of advertising games on TV, and the jury is still out on the value of that medium. But ...
Online Retail vs Street Dates
Day one delivery is crucial to online retailers. It drives pre-orders and secures sales that may otherwise have gone to High Street rivals.
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Video games piracy is less prolific than feared, report claims
A significant study by a group of universities has downplayed the significance of video games piracy.
UK games price war hurting foreign retail
Games retailers across EMEA regions say they are facing bankruptcy – and it’s all our fault.
Dead Island Riptide makes it a hat-track of UK No.1's
Deep Silver’s Dead Island Riptide remains at the top of the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40.
April sales stumble as blockbusters dry up
Just 1.58m boxed games were sold last month in the UK, as the number of major launches dwindle.
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AMD's transformation "into a gaming company"
For a long time it has played second fiddle to Nvidia and Intel in the PC components space, but AMD now has other plans.
GAME plots summer of events to counter video games drought
High Street giant GAME says it will reach out to software-starved consumers with a series of major events this summer.
The Death of TV Advertising
There was a time when you couldn’t flick on Coronation Street without seeing Ant and Dec prance about on a Wii Fit Balance Board.
Scottish Police chief blames violent games for teenage stabbing
A knife attack in Clydebank has been blamed on the offender’s access to violent video games.
Osborne undeterred by Europe scrutiny of UK games tax breaks
UK Chancellor George Osborne and Culture minister Ed Vaizey said that an EC investigation will not stop games tax breaks.
OPINION: Keep faith while the release schedule hibernates
That long wait for GTA V is going to seem quite painful.
Are we ready for the biggest video games drought ever?
Fewer video games were sold than ever last week, as the release schedule dries up.
White Room signs merchandise deals
Retailers can shortly order video game clothes and toys via UK firm White Room Games.
Amazon boosts its entertainment market share as GAME drops 3%
Supermarkets and Amazon have boosted their entertainment market share at the expense of GAME and HMV.
