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Wii Play tops ten-year sales charts
14th October 2009, 11:06am

News: Wii Play tops ten-year sales charts

11.1m North American sales see Nintendo’s minigame pack top the 21st century video game charts

Tesco offers FIFA 10 for £24.97
2nd October 2009, 9:35am

News: Tesco offers FIFA 10 for £24.97

EA’s football title sparks ferocious price war at UK supermarkets; Morrisons and Asda go low too

Sony: £250 was the best we could do
21st August 2009, 2:34pm

News: Sony: £250 was the best we could do

GAMESCOM’09: Andrew House admits that a £100 discount would have been ‘better’

Dr Kawashima breaks UK sales record
6th July 2009, 9:55am

News: Dr Kawashima breaks UK sales record

Half year 2009 charts show casual games doing well on the UK High Street

No trade-in kiosks for Best Buy UK
3rd July 2009, 9:55am

News: No trade-in kiosks for Best Buy UK

No plans to replicate the trade-in ‘vending machines’ seen in US stores

Crytek: No clear difference between Crysis 2 on 360 and PS3
3rd June 2009, 4:33pm

News: Crytek: No clear difference between Crysis 2 on 360 and PS3

E3'09: Both consoles will ‘perform to their limits’, though the PC edition will ‘outperform’ all

Future of The Sims yet to be decided
11th May 2009, 2:22pm

News: Future of The Sims yet to be decided

Ben Bell, executive producer of the The Sims 3, admits that studio is yet to ponder future releases

Best Buy planning 30 UK stores
21st April 2009, 2:07pm

News: Best Buy planning 30 UK stores

Cites John Lewis as its main competition, not DSGi; feels UK can support 130 stores at most

US: Job losses and wage cuts at Best Buy
16th April 2009, 11:02am

News: US: Job losses and wage cuts at Best Buy

Claims that 1,000 assistant managers are to go and 8,000 senior staff to be demoted

Numbers reveal true scale of iPhone’s games market
7th April 2009, 12:20pm

News: Numbers reveal true scale of iPhone’s games market

New stats on North American iPhone usage show Tapulous game has been downloaded 4.8m times, and by 32 per cent of users

Best Buy claims downturn will help UK invasion
6th April 2009, 3:08pm

News: Best Buy claims downturn will help UK invasion

Retailer denies slip of European big box store rollout is a sign of weakness, saying UK rivals are ‘just trying to plug losses'

RETAIL BIZ: Empire Total War smashes series’ records
10th March 2009, 10:27am

News: RETAIL BIZ: Empire Total War smashes series’ records

Sega’s title becomes first PC exclusive to top the charts since FM2008 in October 2007

Currys to launch megastore chain
2nd March 2009, 2:37pm

News: Currys to launch megastore chain

DSGi's new large format stores to combat arrival of Best Buy

Best Buy confirms involuntary layoffs
28th January 2009, 10:05am

News: Best Buy confirms involuntary layoffs

Minneapolis headquarters sees further losses after insufficient staff opted for voluntary redundancies

Wii Sports claims global sales record
5th January 2009, 10:45am

News: Wii Sports claims global sales record

Numbers from VG Chartz claim that Wii title has surpassed Super Mario Bros as the world’s most popular game

Xbox 360 enjoys biggest European sales week ever
26th November 2008, 11:15am

News: Xbox 360 enjoys biggest European sales week ever

Microsoft claims that credit crunch is forcing families to spend more ‘quality time’ together than ever before

30th October 2008, 2:56pm

News: "Apple better than Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft"

Praise heaped on new platform holder at today's Casual Games Forum in London

US: DS breaks August hardware sales record
16th September 2008, 10:38am

News: US: DS breaks August hardware sales record

Nintendo’s handheld sticks two fingers up to the credit crunch as it becomes the best ever August performer

US: Wii claims next-gen pole-position
18th July 2008, 10:50am

News: US: Wii claims next-gen pole-position

Nintendo claims that Wii’s 10.9 million US sales make it the most popular console in territory

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