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OPINION: Please don't stop the music
A saving grace of the declining market and associated Wii slow-down has been the resurgence around music games. Activision may have sworn off its take on the category (over-priced DLC ...
Gove encourages games in schools
Michael Gove MP has encouraged educators to experiment with using video games to help teach maths and science.
Wimbledon boost for games
Customers flocked to gaming stores to purchase tennis titles last week as Wimbledon got underway.
Analyst questions annual franchises
Call of Duty and Assassin's Creed may have proved that the annual release model can be a success outside of the sports genre, but analyst Michael Pachter has warned others ...
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OPINION: What hope for the High Street?
Retail is in a pretty miserable state at the moment.
Putting aside the ‘challenging’ market for games, and looking at the broader High Street landscape is heart-wrenching.
Games industry wins US court battle
The American video games industry has today emerged victorious in its six-year battle with Californian authorities.
Summer release slate dries up
UK games retail is bracing itself for one of its toughest summers in recent years.
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Google hunting for Games manager
Internet and corporate giant Google looks to be very much on track for its long-rumoured assault on the games market.
$40 iOS games possible, says Zelnick
Apple's App Store pricing has single handedly rocked the foundations of the traditional games market, but Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick says full-price $40 software could yet prevail on the platform.
Games credited for crime drop
In a rare bit of positive news coverage for the sector, a piece penned by BBC News Washington DC correspondent Tom Geoghegan has named games as one of the key ...
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Obama: 'Turn off the video games'
It was Fathers' Day yesterday. It's the one day of the year when dads across the world are in theory given licence to ignore their endless list of chores for ...
UK CHARTS: Zumba back at No.1
505 Games' Zumba Fitness has seen off the competition this week to claim its fourth UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats No.1 of the year thanks to a 43 per cent ...
OPINION: How Do You Solve A Problem Like LulzSec?
When will it all end? Hacker group LulzSec launched its most ferocious assault to date last night, taking down three video games services in the process.
NPD: LA Noire nears 1m in US
Rockstar's LA Noire was the best selling game in the US in May, selling 889,000 units across Xbox 360 and PS3, according to Giant Bomb.
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NPD: Xbox bosses May market
Xbox 360 has posted its 17th successive month of year-on-year unit sales growth in the US.
LA Noire can’t prevent UK market dip
The UK games market suffered another monthly drop in sales last month, despite impressive sales of Rockstar’s LA Noire.
Digital chart plan at last?
The International Software Federation of Europe has vowed to solve the digital market research crisis – by sourcing data from gamers.
New IP back to winning form
2010 was a terrible year for new IP. Not in terms of quality – the likes of Bayonetta, Dance Central, Heavy Rain, Vanquish and Enslaved were amongst last year’s most ...
PEGI counters fresh ratings row
PEGI says it must go ahead with controversial plans to end dual classifications on European game boxes.
HMV: ‘This is our turning point’
HMV is back from the brink after months of turmoil, CEO Simon Fox has told MCV.
GAME: Pre-owned attitudes are changing
Ian Shepherd, the CEO of leading UK games retailer GAME, has said that the attitude of publishers toward pre-owned has changed.
