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Despite huge success for its 2009 digital strategy LucasArts says retail releases are still a key part of its business. Last year the publisher revived many of its classic older IPs, with both new and old Monkey Island titles launched for iPhone, Xbox Live Arcade, PC and WiiWare. Embracing digital …

In the wake of EA’s long-expected purchase of social network gaming specialist Playfish earlier this month, boss John Riccitiello has predicted that emerging online-based gaming models will overtake traditional console gaming to become the dominant force by next year. When people think of games they traditionally think of the Xbox, …

UK development legend Ian Livingstone has raised concerns over the growth in pre-owned sales on the High Street – suggesting the practice may force publishers and studios to bypass traditional retail. Speaking exclusively to MCV, Eidos life president Livingstone predicted that IP owners will begin looking to online activation codes …

There were lots of puzzled looks when Capcom recently revealed that it is to release a disc-based successor to Street Fighter IV rather than expand its title via DLC, but now one major developer has vowed never to release a boxed sequel to its PS3 hit. Speaking to CriticalGamer about …

Casual games giant Big Fish has teamed up with Focus Multimedia to launch eight new PC titles at retail this Christmas. Games already released include Drawn: The Painted Tower, The Serpent of Isis, Flux Family Secrets: The Ripple Effect, Strange Cases: The Tarot Card Mystery, Lost in the City and …

Users of Nintendo’s download-only DSiWare store are already accustomed to software made specifically for Nintendo’s latest handheld iteration, but 505 Games is for the first time bringing a DSi-only title to European retail. Hair Salon, which will be released on November 13th, is developed by Sonic Powered and utilises the …

In a remarkable admission, Konami’s long-time Pro Evolution Soccer producer Shingo ‘Seabass’ Takatsuka has admitted that future versions of Pro Evolution Soccer may not be available as a boxed product. When asked by GamesTM (issue 88) if he’s consider transforming PES into a microtransaction-funded online series, Seabass stated: Yes, I …

New incentives may lie ahead for developers working on PSP Minis. The sub-100MB-sized games may soon end up on store shelves as packaged UMD games, according to Sony. The most successful Minis titles will probably transition to UMD,” said Sony Europe’s Zeno Colaco, in an interview with Develop published later …

PopCap has confirmed a boxed retail release for PC hit Plants vs Zombies in North America, where it will cost $19.95 and hit shelves late this year. Furthermore, having already enjoyed great success on PC, the publisher has officially confirmed what we all suspected – that Plants vs Zombies is …

Well over a year since its release on the European arm of PSN in March 2008, Sony is to grant Idol Minds’ action physics title Pain a boxed retail release across Europe. The disc will most of the DLC released to game to date, including levels such as Movie Studio …