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Fresh planning restrictions, designed to stem local dominance of individual supermarkets, is to be unveiled this week, according to the Metro newspaper. The Competition Commission’s chairman, Peter Freeman, has been conducting a two-year inquiry into the grocery sector, which is reportedly worth 95 billion. Freeman is expected to set out …

Valve’s digital entertainment platform has surpassed the 15 million account milestone. Valve confirmed that it has seen a sales growth of 158 per cent over the 2007 holiday period, citing the launch of Call of Duty 4, Bioshock and The Orange Box as the reason for the growth. "PC gaming …

Activision has announced record financial results for the third fiscal quarter, with net revenues of $1.48 billion. An 80 per cent increase over the previous year, with net income at $272.2 million. Nine month net revenues were $2.3 billion, over $1 billion more than the previous fiscal year. Net income …

Funcom has suffered declining operating losses, as well as a decline in revenues during the fourth quarter of 2007. The developer of upcoming MMO, Age of Conan, has reported that group operating losses increased from $1 million to $3.1 million in the fourth quarter. The company has also revealed that …

Double Fusion has announced a partnership with Spill Group, a generator of online game traffic. The video game advertising provider is set to serve Spill’s Casual Games portals with exclusive open ads for GamesGames.com and GirlsGoGames.com. The partnership includes the sales of pre-and post-roll advertising, custom sponsorships and web inventory, …

The Conservative party has launched its childhood report, More Ball Games. The report is designed to discuss and understand the issues affecting childhood in the UK in 2008, which includes parental concerns about bullying and video games. ELSPA was asked to give evidence to the review in late 2007, and …

Konami has announced that group operating income for the nine months leading to December has leapt 20.4 per cent over the previous year. Total sales rose 8.1 per cent in the first fiscal three quarters to 229,730 million Yen, whereas operating income was up to 32,154 million yen. The company …

Tesco Direct has retained the top spot in a table of 100 retail websites, with a score of 8 out of 10 for January. A list of 100 retail websites has been compiled by the Retail Bulletin and SiteMorse, with the first 125 pages of each retailer’s website being tested …

In a supplement issued alongside its third-quarter fiscal results, Electronic Arts has provided its predictions for console and portable hardware. The report states that European gamers are to favour the PS3 over the Xbox 360 in 2008, although the formats will remain tied in North America. In Europe, EA predicts …

EA has confirmed that UEFA Euro 2008 is being developed by EA Canada, and will be out on multiple platforms this April. The game is scheduled to appear on Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, PSP, PC and mobile phones, and is the only chance that us English folk will get to …