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Having this morning revealed that it will not be stocking key Q1 release Mass Effect 3, GAME’s share price has plunged 15 per cent. The retailer’s share price opened at 5.57p this morning. Despite climbing briefly to 5.98p, in the hours that followed the Mass Effect 3 news the price …

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GameStop does want to buy GAME, but it doesn’t want the chain’s Oz business. If our sources are to be believed, the US giant hasn’t actually lost interest in UK retail as it told MCV last year. But it doesn’t want to double up Down Under by owning both GAME …

Konami has confirmed an autumn release date for Zone of the Enders HD Collection for PS3 and Xbox 360 in the UK. The SKU will combine the only two previous releases in the series – 2001’s PS2 outing Zone of the Enders and 2003 sequel Zone of the Enders: The …

ABC data would have you believe games magazines are dead in the water. James Batchelor looks at how print brands retain their power in a changing media landscape… Once again, fresh figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations show that specialist gaming magazines are in decline. And it’s getting worse. …

The industry may be wincing from this morning’s disturbing news from retailer GAME, but one man’s loss is another man’s gain. Online indie retailer ShopTo.net has this morning seen record traffic levels as gamers looked to secure their copies of Mass Effect 3 that can no longer be supplied by …

Apple’s valuation has risen to half a trillion dollars, making it the highest valued business in the world. Share prices surged to $535.41 yesterday after the tech giant teased a potential iPad 3 reveal at a press conference set for next week on March 7th . Data fromBloombergshows that Apple …

MCV grills executive producer Joshua Howard about Microsoft Flight’s free-to-play model and why third-party publishers are not allowed to be a part of it, as the game launches today. Previously, publishers like Just Flight and First Class Simulations have produced paid-for expansions for Flight Simulator games, but the new free-to-play …

Retailer GAME has released a statement confirming rumours that it will not be stocking Mass Effect 3 next week. It has not, however, addressed the belief that a complete stop has been put on the stocking of all future EA games beyond this Friday’s Mass Effect 3. We currently have …

Publishers EA and Nintendo have confirmed rumours that Mass Effect 3 and Mario Party 9 will not be stocked by GAME or Gamestation. Though neither has officially commented specifically on the GAME situation, both have omitted the retailers from their list of supported stockists. The Mass Effect 3 N7 Collector’s …