Retail

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers will arrive on UK shelves on February 5th, 2010. The Square Enix game is the latest instalment in the Nintendo-exclusive branch of the long-running RPG series. It is the first retail entry to be specifically developed for Wii, as opposed to March’s DS …

Toys R Us in North America had added video game consoles to its pre-owned offer. Consumers can now trade-in hardware at the service desk, and will receive a Toys R Us gift card that can be used at Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores, as well as on …

The Hut has denied claims that it is breaking the street date for Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed II. Accusations arose from an eBay ad that states the online retailer is dispatching the game today. The ad also claims if consumers order by 2pm today, it will be delivered tomorrow. However, a …

Britons are sitting on a 1.8 billion-worth of unused computer games – the equivalent of one game per person in the UK. That’s according to a new national survey, which revealed one in five consumers (22 per cent) have ten or more computer games at home they haven’t played in …

The potential for a modern-day game based on classic sci-fi IP Bladerunner is obvious – and such a reality very nearly came to pass, developer Gearbox has admitted. Speaking to OXM, Gearbox president Randy Pitchford admitted: One of my partners, Brian Martell, had Bladrunner on the list of IPs we …

A higher marketing spend can increase a game’s gross revenue three times more than positive review scores. That’s according to new research by EEDAR, presented at the Montreal International Games Summit by the firm’s Jesse Divnich. During the presentation, Divnich explained that poorer quality games will a bigger marketing will …

There was never any question, but this morning’s All Formats weekly games chart confirms that Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is the best-selling game of the week. The title also took the No.1 spot in the PS3 and Xbox 360 charts. You can read the full ELSPA/GfK-ChartTrack weekly rankings …

Considering the unparalleled success of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Activision Blizzard would rightly be seen to be quite mad if they weren’t planning to take advantage – so talk of a possible series spin-off, whilst purely speculative, is also highly believable. Craig Fairbrass, the man who provides the …

GameStop has announced its customers will soon be able to purchase DLC at the tills. The retailer will trial be trialling the new program early next year, which will work in conjunction with Xbox Live and PlayStation Network, according to Reuters. Announced at the BMO Capital Management Digital Entertainment conference, …

Konami has dismissed accusations that Saw: The Game will be an uninspired film tie-in. The publisher is confident that fans of the gory saga will see the game as an authentic part of the franchise.It features voicework from star Tobin Bell and a brand new storyline set between the first …