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The sales keep coming at Game4u. After holiday sales on boxed and digital games, the retailer has now launched a two-month end of season sale. From now until 28th February, the retailer is offering up to 50% off on over 60 titles, including Far Cry 3, Hitman: Absolution, Assassin’s Creed …

Kim Bayley, the director general of the Entertainment Retailers Association, has claimed that HMV is too important for music and video companies to let it disappear. Highlighting that physical sales still account for 75 per cent of those markets, Bayley argues that HMV’s potential loss from the High Street would …

Online games company ChangYou.com today launched the Gamiction web portal through which it will release online free-to-play games tailored to the Indian audience. Designed to appeal to Indian mid to hardcore gamers”, Gamiction will feature free browser-based games that require no downloads, with minimal bandwidth usage. The first game to …

HMV boss Trevor Moore and financial director Ian Kenyon want the chance to lead the chain out of administration. Speaking to journalists this afternoon, Moore pointed the finger at disappointing technology sales over the Christmas period, claiming that supply lines of key tablet computers were insufficient. Having had a request …

Weak demand for products on current generation consoles blamed for poor performance in 2012

250 gamers are being offered the chance to get their hands on Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. Konami has teamed with marketing agency Come Round to offer a select few who have pre-ordered a copy of the title from ShopTo.net a place at a special Metal Gear party at which they …

Gay NPCs locked behind paywall and high-level world

A digital games store had been launched on HMV.com just weeks before the chain fell into administration. Located under a new ‘games downloads’ tab on the retailer’s homepage, the catalogue is run by Eurogamer-owned GetGames. Prices are reasonably standard although a few deals can be found, such as Far Cry …

Indie dev Subset Games to discuss how and why it took the strategy title to Kickstarter

Customers who have pre-ordered games or other items with HMV have been told not to worry. HMV’s PR boss Gennaro Castaldo told Eurogamer that the chain would intend to follow through on [pre-orders]”. This, of course, depends on both the business remaining open and suppliers being willing to provide the …