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UK games retail was rescued by the biggest licences in movies and sport last month, as it struggles through one of the weakest summer of sales in the industry’s history. Physical game sales were down 29.2 per cent year-on-year last month, with just 1.65m games sold, according to UKIE GfK/Chart-Track. …
Read More »Games retailer puts his three-store chain on eBay
Three fully-fledged, profitable North American game stores for $3.5m? That’s the deal being offered by Florida resident Shane Butcher, who has, in his words, put his American dream” life up for sale on eBay. For their money punters will receive three R U Game stores, both of Butcher’s homes, three …
Read More »Zynga board game lands retail exclusivity, offers digital content
Argos has been unveiled as the exclusive UK supplier of Zynga’s upcoming board game FarmVille Hungry Hungry Herd. The product will release in October with an RRP of 19.99. It will also include a DLC code that grants players of the Facebook title a virtual currency boost. The release is …
Read More »INTERNATIONAL FACTFILE: Brazil
Brazil is one of the most promising markets in South America. With almost 200m people living there, the audience for video games is colossal and growing demand for the latest technologies means that new releases have as much chance for success as back catalogue titles. Smartphones in particular are expected …
Read More »Zynga details new browser game ChefVille
Zynga has revealed a new browser title which it has labelled as the first in the next generation of social games. ChefVille allows players to run their own restaurants and learn new recipes as they expand their business. Recipes learnt in game can be uploaded to Facebook with players able …
Read More »The 20 games that will save Xmas 2012
UK games buyers have chosen the 20 games they think will be the biggest blockbusters this Christmas. These are the releases that are crucial in retail’s bid to reduce the 33 per cent drop in sales that the boxed market has suffered so far this year. In fact, these 20 …
Read More »All-time low for UK games retail
UK games retailers made 8.4m from software sales last week, the lowest since records began. The market has been teetering at this level for a few weeks now as new releases dry up. 394,688 games were sold in total for the week, with Sega’s official Olympics game the No.1 seller. …
Read More »FIFA 13 priced Rs 2,999 on Xbox 360, lower than PS3 version
Redington, distributor for EA’s Xbox 360 games in India, has just sent word to retailers that FIFA 13 will be priced at Rs 2,999. That’s Rs 500 less than the PS3 version. A few days ago, EA’s Playstation and PC distributor Milestone Interactive revealed hiked prices for FIFA 13 – …
Read More »Game prices expected to go up further in India
A change in the duty structure enforced by the Central Board of Excise and Customs along with unfavourable currency exchange rates will result in an increase in console and PC game prices across the board in India, MCV has learned. EA upset many gamers recently by announcing that it was …
Read More »HMV headlines Golden Joysticks
Entertainment giant HMV has been named the top dog at this year’s GamesMaster Golden Joystick Awards. The chain will also sponsor the One to Watch award at the event, which takes place at The Westminster Park Plaza on Friday, October 26th. HMV’s support of Golden Joysticks mirrors the similar support …
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