Retail

GAME Australia has announced an online-only pre-order special on Batman: Arkham City for AUD$88 on PS3 and 360, or AUD$78 on PC. The move leaves GAME as the cheapest of the big three, with JB HiFi at AUD$94 and EB Games at AUD$98. GAME is sporting the Batman Beyond in-game …

Consumers hoping to see an Xbox 360 price cut to counter the recent drops on PS3 look to be in for some disappointing news. When asked by VG247 if Microsoft is preparing a hardware price drop of its own, European interactive entertainment VP Chris Lewis responded: No. As you can …

THQ has announced the Australian and New Zealand retailers for its Saints Row: The Third ‘Maximum Pleasure’ and ‘Smooth Criminal’ editions. JB HiFi will be carrying the ‘Maximum Pleasure Edition’, which will feature the game, a Professor Genki stuntman key-ring, hyper-replica head and a banner pen, and will retail for …

Retailer HMV has joined forces with X-Factor band One Direction for an iexclusive in-store give-away. As of Monday August 22nd the first band member to be transformed into a Nintendo Mii – Liam – will be distributed as a QR code on the One Direction Facebook and Twitter streams. Then …

Retail giant GameStop saw year-on-year profit fall from $40.3m to $30.9m during its fiscal quarter ending July 30th. Total sales dipped 3.1 per cent to $1.74bn for the quarter from the $1.8bn generated during the same period last year. Digital sales increased 69 per cent. However, profit before tax and …

Sony has kicked off its UK marketing campaign to promote the PS3 price cut. A six-sheet version of the ad seen in full below will feature in over 5,000 roadside posters across the country from Monday.In addition, national ads will litter the press across the coming weeks kicking off with …

As the saying goes, it’s always darkest before the dawn.And, metaphorically speaking, the High Street and online outlets selling boxed games have faced one long, sleepy night during these last few months. The 3DS price cut has started to rouse the market though – but the immediate PS3 price cut …

The newly-announced PlayStation 3 price cut will provide a substantial sales boost” to the UK games market, says HMV. Sony revealed at its Gamescom press conference this week that the console will now retail at 199.99. The price cut has taken effect immediately. Speaking to MCV, HMV’s head of games …

Retailers have begun adjusting the prices of their PS3 stock following Sony’s announcement of a price cut to the machine last night. The new RRP for the machine stands at 199.99 for the 160GB model and 249.99 for the 320GB, but predictable many retailers have chosen to undercut this. Play.com …

GAME has promoted Charlotte Knight into the role of trading director. She’s worked at GAME for 12 years, most recently as head of category management. She joined in 1999 as buying assistant and worked her way up the ranks of the commercial team. I’m delighted to appoint Charlotte as our …