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Cut-price trade-in deals have become the norm on the High Street, but now online-only retailer GameStop.co.uk has dragged the sector into the online arena. The headline is Modern Warfare 3 for 99p, but in reality the new deal offers gamers the chance to buy both EA’s Battlefield 3 and Activision’s …
Read More »Argos owner suffers profits collapse
Home Retail Group, the owning company of catalogue chain Argos, has reported a shocking set of numbers in its half-year financial report. Profits for the period collapsed by 71 per cent to 29.4m. Though the performance of another of its brands, Homebase, was described a robust” Argos itself was said …
Read More »UK PlayStation Vita prices confirmed
Sony has confirmed the UK price for the PlayStation Vita, which last night was given a European and American release date of February 22nd. The entry-level wi-fi only model will retail for 229.99. The higher-spec 3G SKU will cost 279.99. There are no details yet of what deals will be …
Read More »HMV’s Pure card hits new milestone
HMV’s loyalty card scheme has surpassed two million users in the UK. PureHMV allows customers to collect points with every purchase, which can then be spent on exclusive products such as signed items, merchandise and concert tickets. The scheme launched in May 2009 after extensive trialling and has been so …
Read More »Snes9x emulator pulled from Android Market
Google has removed a popular software emulator that allows Android users to play illegal copies of SNES games on their handsets from the Android Marketplace. Pocket Gamer reports that Google said the download violated the Developer Content policy”. Furthermore, its developer Ex Plus Alpha risks a permanent ban from the …
Read More »RIM offers $100 of free apps following Blackberry outages
Following RIM’s worldwideBlackBerry signal failure, the firm plans to make it up to the millions of irate customers with a selection of apps in a bid to "work tirelessly to restore their confidence." BlackBerry users received little or no information from RIM on the service outage, which has led many …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Forza 4 speeds past FIFA 12
Microsoft’s race simulator Forza Motorsport 4 has debuted at No.1 in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. It was a close-run race with EA’s FIFA 12, however, with Microsoft’s game claiming the top spot by just 700 units thanks to a 62 per cent week-on-week drop …
Read More »Aussie retailers break Batman: Arkham City release date
The Australian arm of video games retailer Electronics Boutique has begun selling Warner Interactive’s Batman: Arkham City a day ahead of its official release in the territory. And as a result, rival GAME has also gone live with its sales of the title on its website. The move was brazenly …
Read More ȣ165m marketing bonanza to cheer up Christmas
The UK games industry is digging deep in a bid to turn around a difficult year for boxed sales. Publishers, retailers, developers and platform holders are splashing 165m on advertising over the next three months, MCV research has found. That amount will fund a deluge of TV ads, mall tours, …
Read More »Superman makes his video games return
His success record is less then exemplary, but Superman will never give up and is to make his video game return next month. Chillingo has been revealed by IGN as the publisher of a brand new Superman title for iOS devices. Superman features 18 levels and an array of the …
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