Retail

Shops can help sell free games, says free-to-play specialist Jagex. The firm predicts stores will experiment with selling add-ons for games such as Killer Instinct, a free-to-play launch title on Xbox One. I think there are plenty of opportunities for retail to be involved in F2P,” said Jagex marketing director …

The sales advantage enjoyed by PS4 in the UK and US is being seen in Spain as well. In fact, if Sony’s claims are correct that its machine is outpacing Microsoft’s to an even greater extent in the region. PlayStation’s Spanish CEO James Armstrong told Meristation that since its release …

Coordinates set for consumer backlash disaster! Last month Zavvi accidentally supplied some customers who had pre-ordered Vita title Tearaway with the Tearaway hardware bundle that includes a Vita console. At the time it asked customers if they’d be kind enough to return them – a request that the vast majority …

Distributor E-xpress Interactive is set to launch Warner Bros PS4 games in India at just Rs 2,499. This comes as quite a surprise considering the fact that Sony is pricing its first-party games at Rs 3,999, and EA its line-up at Rs 4,499. The two Warner Bros games in the …

Did you read about that lad who paid 450 for a photo of an Xbox One? The story was big news last week after Nottingham Post reported that 19 year-old Peter Clatworthy had paid 450 for a picture of an Xbox One on eBay. He thought he’d paid for an …

Activision’s Call of Duty: Ghosts has claimed the Gfk Chart-Track All Formats No.1 for the third time in four weeks. The upper reaches of the chart are beginning to form a regular pattern as we approach Christmas, with FIFA 14, Battlefield 4, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Grand Theft …

Christmas dinner in a tin. That’s apparently what GAME could shortly be selling in its stores. It’s called the Christmas Tinner and consists of nine layers of processed festive food, as demonstrated in the picture below. Apparently the chain has actually trialled this product in its Basingstoke store and is …

Administrators Moorfields Corporate Recovery has confirmed that another 62 Blockbuster stores are to close. This means another 427 workers will lose their jobs, although Moorfields has finally admitted – as revealed by MCV last month – that it expects the company to close in the near future. Add this to …

Shoppers are currently paying through the nose to secure Xbox One and PS4 consoles on eBay. PS4 consoles are typically attracting closing bids of 500 and above, while Xbox One is finishing a little higher at around the 530 mark. So Xbox One is generally selling for more than PS4, …

Sony has revealed that PS4 has now sold 2.1m units globally since it first arrived in North America on November 15th. The console sold 1m units in its first 24 hours of availability in the US and last week sold a record-breaking 250k units in its first 24 hours in …