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What Credit Crunch? UK Games Retail Thriving In Tough Times

MCV Retail Survey 2008 Shows Majority Of Retailers Enjoying Increased Xmas Takings On Last Year

Friday 12th December/…Despite a widely-reported slowdown in consumer spending on the High Street, the majority of specialist games retailers are enjoying a more lucrative Christmas than they did last year. This is according to the findings of a new nationwide study – the MCV Retail Survey 2008 – which shows that 58 per cent of UK retailers believe their Christmas takings are up on 2007.

This year’s annual Retail Survey is the result of in-depth research from leading video games trade journal MCV, featuring responses from a wide variety of UK retailers, including GAME, Blockbuster, Gamestation, HMV and a range of independent stores. The study shows that games retailers are remaining cheerful, despite the reported gloom on the High Street – with 86 per cent of respondents saying they feel confident about their business’s prospects during 2009.

EA & Double Fine: Brutal Legend

Double Fine and EA Turn It up to “11″ Next Fall with the Release of Brutal Legend

Tim Schafer Teams up with Jack Black for the Ultimate Rock Opus

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec 12, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) and Double Fine Productions, Inc. today announced that they have signed an exclusive publishing agreement that will bring the highly-anticipated rock-adventure Brutal Legend(TM) to gamers, headbangers, roadies and rockers worldwide next Fall. The latest creation from gaming icon Tim Schafer and the award-winning team at Double Fine, Brutal Legend is a 3^rd person Action/Adventure game starring Jack Black in the role of roadie Eddie Riggs, who sets on an epic quest to build an army of rockers with only a broad axe, a big block V8 and his faithful guitar in hand.

“This is awesome news!” stated Tim Schafer, President of Double Fine Productions. “The quality and creativity of the games EA Partners has been involved with make it a perfect home for our baby, Brutal Legend. Some people were starting to wonder if the saga of Eddie Riggs would ever see the light of day, but now I think it’s clear that this game, like Metal itself, cannot be killed!”