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Simply Games sales soar by 200 per cent
Software sales at internet retailer Simply Games have trebled during the past 12 months.
CD Projekt: The truth is DRM does not work
In a no-holds barred interview amidst Diablo III’s ‘always-on DRM’ storm, the developer of The Witcher 2 has blasted the use of digital rights management.
Aussie retailer opens up on import sales
Retailer JB HiFi has officially admitted that it is selling imported stock in its Australian High Street stores.
GameStop posts 12.5% like-for-like Q1 decline
That it “outperformed the market” will likely not completely appease GameStop’s shareholders after the company reported a 12.5 per cent decline in like-for-like sales for its fiscal Q1.
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OPINION: It's May, and already Q4 is hurting retail
Sometimes the games industry can get too caught up in willy waving with other forms of entertainment.
Q4 focus could kill off specialist retail
Where are OUR summer blockbusters? That's the question being asked by games retail bosses this week as the UK games market slumped to a new low.
Cave scraps Vita titles as COO resigns
Questions are being asked about the future of shmup specialist Cave.
FEATURE: 2012's biggest TV advertisers
Jonathan Chambers, AV manager at media planning and buying specialist Generation Media, looks at how much impact publishers and platform holders have had on TV advertising so far, how this ...
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Blockbuster: Games retail would not survive without pre-owned
Specialist games retailers cannot survive without second-hand, says Blockbuster.
PEGI ratings now set for July
The much-delayed implementation of the PEGI age rating system should finally happen in July, says UKIE.
Namco Bandai ramps up download business
Dark Souls for PC and One Piece for PS3 will be available to download and buy on the High Street at the same time.
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OPINION: Will we miss the Friday release day?
Some will say the likely death of Friday as the main release day for games is dispensation of a long irrelevant tradition.
SPECIAL REPORT: Unfollow Friday
Traditional Friday game launches are quickly becoming a thing of the past.
New mag targets anime-based games
Media start-up MyMags is putting the finishing touches to its unique games magazine, which launches next month.
FEATURE: UK's Top Ten single SKUs of all time
Chart-Track director Dorian Bloch reveals the Top Ten games on single platforms, in terms of both unit sales and revenue, and takes a look at how controller sales have altered ...
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Games and consoles TV advertising at five-year low?
This week we review the current state of the games and consoles TV advertising market in 2012 so far, in comparison to the previous five years.
INTERVIEW: Chris Early, Ubisoft
Publishers are honing their digital strategy as downloads become more popular. MCV speaks to Ubisoft’s digital VP Chris Early about what the worlds of retail and downloads can learn from each other... ...
Games suffer Ivor Novello Awards snub
Organisers for the Ivor Novello Awards have abandoned its excellence in games audio prize
US authorities to track suspects using games consoles
Big Brother is watching. Specifically, he’s watching what you’re doing on your consoles.
Namco Bandai maintains grip on Japanese market
Good news for Namco Bandai this morning – the publisher has claimed the lion’s share of Japanese software revenues for the second month in a row.
UK CHARTS: FIFA Street returns to the top spot
EA has made good on its temporary loss of the No.1 spot last week by bouncing back to claim the top spot in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top ...
INTERVIEW: Ewan Pinder, HMV
The entertainment giant underperformed in the video games market last year, but in the wake of GAME’s administration it has become one of our sector’s most important retailers. In his ...
ANALYSIS: A closer look at gaming's top brands
Earlier this week, we revealed the Top Five biggest games brands of all time using Chart-Track’s CUBE?data warehouse solution.
SteelBook sales up 500%
The boxed games retail market may be down year-on-year but SteelBook SKUs are booming.
