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The PlayStation 2 will continue to be available in stores across India till Diwali, Sony India has confirmed to MCV. Sony recently announced that it had stopped production of the PS2, which was launched in 2001 and went on to become the most successful console of all time with over …
Read More »Bethesda trademark points to Fallout television series
Bethesda has registered a trademark that just screams Fallout TV show. Eurogamerreports the company registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office for an on-going television progrma set in a post-nuclear apocalyptic world.” Could this be what Fallout voice actor Erik Todd Dellums was teasing at last week? It now …
Read More »Epic Mickey: The Power of Two US sales dreadful
Warren Spector’s original vision of a four-game Epic Mickey saga may be relegated to a pipe dream. The LA Times reports the Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two sold just 270,000 copies in the US by the conclusion of last year. In comparison, the first Epic Mickey moved 1.3m …
Read More »Temple Run 2 hits App Store today – report
An honest-to-goodness sequel for iOS hit Temple run is hours away from arriving on the US and UK App Stores. Temple Run 2 landed on the New Zealand App Store for free earlier today, and Touch Arcade reports its scheduled to go live in the US tonight. On top of …
Read More »Splinter Cell Blacklist sneaking onto shelves this August
Ubisoft will release the latest instalment of its popular Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell series this summer. Splinter Cell: Blacklist will arrive on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on August 23rd in the UK, the publisher has confirmed to MCV. That’s three days after the August 20th release date that was …
Read More »ERA ‘saddened’ by Blockbuster news
The Entertainment Retail Association hopes Blockbuster will re-emerge in some form. The rental giant announced it would go into administration earlier today. ERA’s director general Kim Bayley says the rental giant has suffered due to the rise of online and on-demand rental firms. We are saddened by the news that …
Read More »As many as 140 UK retailers are currently in "critical condition"
Business recovery firm Begbies Traynor estimates that 140 UK retailers are currently in a critical condition”. The firm would not identify any of the 140 retailers on its critical watchlist”, but their inclusion means they have either a winding up petition or a county court judgement over 5,000. The stats …
Read More »Blockbuster WILL honour gift cards and credit during administration
Retailer Blockbuster has announced that it will continue to honour gift cards and store credit despite slipping into administration this afternoon. This means gamers who have amassed credit at the store following its increased focus on trade-ins over recent months are not yet being left out of pocket. It will …
Read More »Deloitte focused on "generating as much value as possible" for Blockbuster creditors
In the same week as the UK High Street saw HMV slip into administration, fellow long-term chain Blockbuster has now followed its lead. But whereas HMV bosses remain convinced that they can turn the situation around and save the brand, Blockbuster’s days already seem numbered. In recent years Blockbuster has …
Read More »Blockbuster to appoint administrators
UK entertainment retail is facing another huge blow, with reports that Blockbuster is to enter administration. MCV sources have informed us that management had already been planning to shut in the region of 150 UK stores over the next six months. The retailer is understood to be sitting on significant …
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