Retail

UK-based retailer GAME has acquired some of the Spanish store portfolio of High Street rival GameStop. GameStop will close the remaining stores in what it describes as its exit” from the Spanish market, a decision it arrived at after a careful review of the market’s financial performance and future opportunities, …

High street mobile phone retailer Phones 4u has entered administration and made the surprise decision to immediately close all of its stores. The chain employs 5,596 people and operates 500 stores in the UK, all of which have ceased trading this morning while administrators PwC assess the business’s ongoing viability. …

Telltale’s hit licensed adventure game The Walking Dead will debut on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One next month. The studio announced the news earlier today on its Twitter account, adding that retail versions of the game’s second season will arrive in October for PS3, PS Vita and Xbox 360. As …

Gamers on the move can put their valuable consoles and peripherals at risk, but a suitable carry case or cover can avoid the danger. MCV gets carried away Cases are the ideal thing to accompany brand new shiny consoles – nobody wants their expensive new hardware and peripherals to pick …

David Braben’s missing political thriller The Outsider for PS3 and Xbox 360 looks to have been scrapped. Development stopped back in 2011/2012 as Frontier prioritised its partnership with Microsoft, developing first-party titles such as Kinectimals, Kinect Disneyland and Zoo Tycoon, as well as the crowd-funded and hotly-anticipated Elite: Dangerous.Eurogamernow reports …

GAME, at least the old GAME, used to be notoriously slow at launching things. We recall the days they would speak to us about updating their website or launching a new piece of tech. It would often take a good six months at least before we saw it in the …

Amazon’s Fire Phone will be released in the UK before the end of the month. The device will launch on September 30th and will, as reported yesterday, be an O2 exclusive. O2 won’t, however, be offering the handset contract-free, meaning that buyers will have to sign up to a 33 …

Ahead of its official worldwide release tomorrow, Destiny has claimed a big UK sales milestone. Retailer GAME says that the Activision shooter has become its most pre-ordered new IP ever – not a bad achievement considering that it comes less than ten months into the new console cycle. We look …

Kinect title Dance Central Spotlight is now available to download on Xbox One. Microsoft says Harmonix’s 7.99 download will work with any add-on content purchased for previous Dance Central games and comes with the following ten tracks: Avicii – Wake Me Up” Cher Lloyd – I Wish” David Guetta ft. …

GAME is offering an extra bit of content for Destiny – but with a big caveat. As spotted by Videogamer, a Level 20 Legendary Blacksmith Armour Shader is available only to those of both buy any version of Destiny AND pre-order a copy of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. The …