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Several Xbox Live hits including Street Fighter games will arrive in stores for the first time next year. The Capcom Digital Collection retail SKU for Xbox 360 consists of eight games: 1942: Joint Strike, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, Final Fight Double Impact, Flock, Rocketmen: Axis of Evil and It Came …
Read More »‘There’s still a place for us in pre-owned’
Argos may have thrown in the towel, but other mass-market retailers insist their own used games ventures are fighting fit. MCVuk.com broke the story that Argos had completely withdrawn from the pre-owned video games market last week. And critics told MCV last month that mass-market retailers – including the supermarkets …
Read More »Boxed Angry Birds smashes onto consoles
Boxed Angry Birds console games are landing at retail next year accompanied by a line of official accessories. The titles are due on Xbox 360, PS3 and Nintendo 3DS and could be here as soon as February.Impact Global Solutions has acquired the rights to produce and distribute over ten peripherals …
Read More »Xmas games sales are lagging, forcing price cuts
Some of the biggest brands in games are not selling fast enough, forcing retail to slash 50 per cent off new releases. The High Street has even taken an axe to big sellers – such as Elder Scrolls – in a last ditch attempt to entice customers into stores. Since …
Read More »UK stores report £268m bonanza
Forget the doom and gloom on the High Street. UK games retailers generated 268m in software sales last month. That’s a 1.7 per cent rise over November 2010. GfK Chart-Track figures show that 8,261,205 games were sold last month. The No.1 game will surprise nobody, with Call of Duty: Modern …
Read More »ShopTo goes 24/7
Online indie ShopTo has expanded its warehouse facilities so it can operate around the clock. The firm says it will pick and pack stock 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It will send customers a photo of their packed item, to show that it’s ready for dispatch. We …
Read More »Portas Review: The Recommendations In Full
Retail expert and "Queen of Shops" Mary Portas has devised 28 recommendations for the government to rescue struggling High Streets. These were published in the Government-commissioned Portas Review, a project that studied the future of UK High Streets and was published online today. Here are the Review’s recommendations in full: …
Read More »MW3 sets $1bn sales record
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has become the fastest piece of entertainment to generate $1bn in sales, toppling movie blockbuster Avatar. It achieved this milestone within 16 days of going on sale on November 8th, ahead of Avatar’s 17 days in 2009. Call of Duty now boasts 30m players …
Read More »Happy High Street excited for 2012
Retailers are expecting overall market decline but are still optimistic. 80 per cent of store managers said they were confident about the health of their business in the yearly MCV Retail Survey. We quizzed store managers from High Street chains, supermarkets and indies. Upcoming titles BioShock Infinite and Mass Effect …
Read More »EA: Battlefield 3 stole market share from Modern Warfare 3
Peter Moore, the high-profile COO of publisher EA, has insisted that its recent release Battlefield 3 successfully captured a slice of Modern Warfare 3’s market share. That’s despite Activision’s game becoming the fastest selling entertainment product of all time. In EA’s favour, however, the game failed to best the week …
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