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Nintendo’s retro games download service for Wii Virtual Console has provided over 10 million downloads in its first year. Speaking to Gamespot, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata revealed: Virtual Console saw over ten million downloads by the end of last December. That’s the total number of titles people paid to download. …
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Gamestop ups European store count
US retailer EB Games has purchased all outlets of Norweigan music retailer Free Record Shop. It is likely the Gamestop-owned company will convert the stores to sell solely gaming products. Free Record Shop was one of the leading record stores in Norway and had a healthy rivalry with Norweigan retail …
Read More »Beautiful Katamari this month
After changing its proposed release date from some time this month to some time next month, Atari has now stated that colourful Xbox 360 title Beautiful Katamari will indeed arrive at UK retail very shortly. To be precise, February 29th is the day that ardent fans of the King of …
Read More »How GAME can keep it up
While the acquisition of rival specialist Gamestation during 2007 has driven total sales growth, the incredibly buoyant market has aided the like-for-like improvements. Like-for-like growth of over 30 per cent is almost unheard of among maturing retailers which – like GAME – have not added a considerable amount of organic …
Read More »Unreal Tournament III PS3 dated
The long-awaited release date for the PS3 version of Midway’s Unreal Tournament III has finally been set in stone, according to CVG . Both leading retailers and publisher Midway have confirmed a February 22nd release according to the site, but a date for the Xbox 360 version of the title …
Read More »Tesco rules online roost
Tesco Direct has retained the top spot in a table of 100 retail websites, with a score of 8 out of 10 for January. A list of 100 retail websites has been compiled by the Retail Bulletin and SiteMorse, with the first 125 pages of each retailer’s website being tested …
Read More »Sony Japan to launch PS3 budget range
It appears Sony Japan is to be the first division of the electronics giant to launch a budget range for PS3. According to IGN, a Japanese online retailer has posted listings for a new ‘PlayStation 3 the Best’ range. Resistance: Fall Of Man, FolksSoul, Ninja Gaiden Sigma, Gundam: Target in …
Read More »National Geographic drops HD-DVD
Sky News reports that National Geographic is to drop the HD DVD format in favour of rival hi-def format, Blu-Ray. National Geographic, along with New Line Home Entertainment, HBO Home Video and BBC Home Video, are all distributed under the Warner umbrella. Warner announced it was to drop HD DVD …
Read More »Big RRP difference on Devil May Cry 4
February 8th can’t come soon enough for fans of Capcom’s successful hack ‘n’ slash (‘n’ shoot) action series Devil May Cry, but PS3 gamers face a costlier outlay than their Xbox 360 rivals. The PS3 version of Devil May Cry 4 looks set to retail for 49.99 in most High …
Read More »2007 – The year the video game industry went casual?
If you look back on the year 2007, the thing that seemed to catch most people by surprise was the growth of what is often referred to as ‘casual games’ or the ‘casual gamer.’ The big products were the Nintendo Wii and DS, systems that are not the power technology …
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