Retail

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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Hidden Chronicles peaks at 33.1m users

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 …

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Mass Effect 3 will not be stocked in GAME

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 …

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DSG launching movie streaming service

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 …

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Mass Effect 3 pre-orders smash targets

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 …

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New Argos CEO plots radical reinvention

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 …

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