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The power of the embargo has seemingly failed Microsoft over the weekend, with news of two new Xbox 360 games leaking online following an international press event for the firm in the US last week. First up is Forza Horizon, a new entry in the popular racing series. Sister site …
Read More »EA goes Global in Sweden for Mass Effect 3 Space Edition
Bioware and EA hosted their own version of the Mass Effect 3 Space Edition event in Stockholm last night. After three days of puzzling together clues on gaming web site Gamereactor, fans gathered in front of the Stockholm Globe Arena for the final piece of the mystery late last night. …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 loss could cost GAME £2m
The consequence of GAME not stocking Mass Effect 3 could be 2m of lost profit and a 6-7m drop in revenue, one analyst has predicted. Working on the assumption that a decent triple-A title sells 0.8m-1m titles in the first few weeks of release in the UK and assuming GAME …
Read More »OPINION: What game is GameStop playing?
Speak to any analyst, and they’ll describe – whether politely or not – retail as a market in perpetual decline. The most colourful line recently: ‘dinosaurs thrashing about in the tar’. And yes, with physical retailers’ heavy products, shelves to put them on, meat-space customer service staff to sell you …
Read More »GAME summit WAS positive, insists suppliers
The recent developments at GAME flies in the face of a ‘successful’ supplier meeting last week. The event is subject to a strict NDA but MCV has been told that CEO Ian Shepherd delivered a ‘brave and compelling’ speech, leaving 100 execs with a plan on how they can help …
Read More »EA-GAME drift is "temporary", retailer asserts
GAME has told its shareholders that it’s current trade stand-off with EA is temporary” and that both parties are in discussions to bring it to and end. "Today the Group confirmed that it will not be stocking a small number of titles from one supplier, Electronic Arts, during March and …
Read More »Aussie question delaying GameStop move on GAME
GameStop does want to buy GAME, but it doesn’t want the chain’s Oz business. If our sources are to be believed, the US giant hasn’t actually lost interest in UK retail as it told MCV last year. But it doesn’t want to double up Down Under by owning both GAME …
Read More »ShopTo experiences Mass Effect 3 order surge
The industry may be wincing from this morning’s disturbing news from retailer GAME, but one man’s loss is another man’s gain. Online indie retailer ShopTo.net has this morning seen record traffic levels as gamers looked to secure their copies of Mass Effect 3 that can no longer be supplied by …
Read More »GAME issues official Mass Effect 3 statement
Retailer GAME has released a statement confirming rumours that it will not be stocking Mass Effect 3 next week. It has not, however, addressed the belief that a complete stop has been put on the stocking of all future EA games beyond this Friday’s Mass Effect 3. We currently have …
Read More »Leaked memo details GAME-EA rift
While MCV is still awaiting an official response from GAME regarding the news that Mass Effect 3 won’t be in-stores next week, an internal memo from current group channel director Tom Devine has shed some light on the situation. The document, obtained by IGN, appears to confirm Eurogamer’s claims that …
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