Retail

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 …

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 …

Zynga’s popular casual Facebook puzzler Hidden Chronicles has finally seen its growth slow to 33.1m monthly active users. The social network game has seen a massive increase in popularity since launching two months ago, and is still the third most popular title on Facebook, behind Zynga’s CityVille and Texas HoldEm …

GAME’s run of missing titles upon their release has reached a new low with confirmation that it will not be stocking Mass Effect 3. Furthermore, Eurogamer claims that SSX will be the last EA game to be stocked by the retailer when it is released this Friday. This sounds like …

Currys, PC World and Dixons owner DSG is to launch a new streaming movie service online. Called Knowhow Movies, the service offers both downloads and streaming and is due to launch sometime in early 2012”. It’s almost time to get the popcorn ready, dim the lights and settle down for …

EA’sspace-age campaign has already had an astronomical effect, with pre-orders placing ‘well ahead’ of where the publisher was at the same point with Mass Effect 2. The publisher has been sending weather balloons into space with copies of the new game and GPS devices attached to them.Consumers can track their …

The new boss of Argos says he has been given a clean sheet from Home Retail Chairman Oliver Stocken to embark upon a brand new strategy for the catalogue retailer. And speaking to Bloomberg, John Walden said that he’s open to the idea of potentially using Argos stores in a …

There’s no margin to be made on new releases anymore.” MCV hears this more and more from specialist stores every week. Once upon a time boxed games would be sold very close to their RRP on release day. But this hasn’t been the trend for years. Earlier this month we …

Troubled retailers GAME and HMV have held crucial talks with its major suppliers. HMV invited its key games partners to its offices earlier in the month in order to discuss how they can better support the struggling entertainment giant. The event was an intimate affair, which publishers in the room …

The premium SKU of Wii RPG The Last Story will not be stocked at GAME when it is released this Friday. In fact, the chain has been cancelling pre-orders for the Limited Edition, according to VG247. Emails have been sent out to anyone that ordered the product will be sent …