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GameStop exec says a market without second-hand sales is 'unproven'

Resident Evil’s mammoth year continues this week with Capcom’s Operation Raccoon City. The multiplayer-focused shooter is the second of three Resi titles arriving on shelves this week, with Resident Evil 6 to follow in November. Operation Raccoon City sees players attempting to contain the zombie hordes in fans’ favourite ruined …

Social games behemoth Zynga has indicated it may be working toward bringing their titles onto Xbox 360. In an interview with Giga OM, CEO Mark Pincus explained that Zynga is currently developing cloud support for its games across multiple devices, potentially including Xbox. "Right now we are building back-end technology, …

Developer, publisher, and former distributor Stardock has provided extensive information on their sale of PC digital games outlet Impulse. Stardock CEO Brad Wardell cites three reasons for the decision to sell their distribution arm to retail titan GameStop. It was consuming the rest of the company…The Games unit wanted to …

With the UK and Spanish GAME operation looking for investors / buyers to keep the chain alive, Australia is taking similar steps. The chain’s 600+ Australian employees have been in a period of uncertainty since GAME’s troubles in the UK began, so management locally is making inroads towards having local …

Microsoft has revealed a launch date for the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade edition of Minecraft. As promised, Play XBLA has the goods on the 360 version’s release date along with some other notable info. The port of the PC megahit will be out on May 9th, and will run you …

Resident Evil: Revelations producer thinks the series should move closer to Call of Duty

'Digital only Xbox' thought to be wide of the mark

It’s a question many have asked over the last 18 months – and today GameStop offered some insight. GameStop has managed to make billions in revenue every quarter for the last three years plus – with its latest figures showing just a 3% quarterly downtown. While as we know GAME …

Tenshi Consulting’s Ian Baverstock explores what led to GAME’s decline, how it could have been averted and how the troubled specialist’s plight compares to that of similar retailers. This artcile was originally published on Tenshi Consulting’s website. GAME has announced their intention to appoint administrators. GAME Group (GMG.L) has spectacularly …