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CFO Mark Gifford to leave GAME in March

mark gifford game logojpg CFO Mark Gifford to leave GAME in March

GAME chief financial officer Mark Gifford resigned earlier today, the High Street retailer announced. Gifford will leave the company at the end of March 2018 to “ensure a smooth transition,” the official announcement said. It added that Gifford was leaving to “focus on his other business and personal interests” and …

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PlayStation to release Totaku figures range, featuring Crash Bandicoot, God of War and LittleBigPlanet

totaku 16 9jpg PlayStation to release Totaku figures range, featuring Crash Bandicoot, God of War and LittleBigPlanet

PlayStation has announced the launch of a new range of collectibles based on its best-selling franchises. Called Totaku, the range will include seven figures at launch: Bloodbourne’s The Hunter, Crash Bandicoot, God of War’s Kratos, Parappa the Rapper, WipeOut’s Feisar FX350 ship, Tekken’s Heihachi and LittleBigPlanet’s Sackboy. Officially licensed, these …

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God of War follows Horizon Zero Dawn with no season pass

gow og imagejpg God of War follows Horizon Zero Dawn with no season pass

The upcoming God of War will not be sold with a season pass, according to Cory Barlog, creative director Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Santa Monica studio. The creative lead on the project made this clear via Twitter late last week. That means the game will likely follow in the footsteps of …

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Call of Duty: WWII takes a 10th No.1 in the UK charts

call of duty wwii 2 16 9png Call of Duty: WWII takes a 10th No.1 in the UK charts

It was another quiet week at retail, with the usual triple-A titles taking the top spots in the UK charts. Call of Duty: WWII charted at No.1 for the tenth time since launch in November, despite sales being down 17 per cent week-on-week. If Activision’s title makes it to the …

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Sony DADC announced as Red Carpet sponsor for the MCV Awards 2018

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The MCV Awards 2018 will be taking place on March 8th at The Brewery, with revamped categories this year, and we’re happy to announce that Sony DADC will be sponsoring the event as the exclusive Red Carpet partner. Having historically been a physical and digital supply chain company and a …

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Call of Duty: WWII tops US Top 10 for 2017

After a tough year in 2016, the Call of Duty is comeback is now complete as WWII racks up the No.1 slot on PS4, Xbox One and All Platforms in the US for 2017. Those charts reflect dollar sales in both physical and full game digital sales across practically all …

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FIFA 18 tops the 100 best-selling physical games – we dissect the list

The biggest selling games of last year have been revealed by GfK – and unsurprising it’s FIFA 18 that comes out on top once again. We did our own pre-emptive tally back in mid-December, which came to the same conclusion, though there has been some movement further down the Top …

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PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds hits 3m players on Xbox One

pubg firefight 16 9jpg PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds hits 3m players on Xbox One

Microsoft announced yesterday that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has now hit another milestone on Xbox One. General manager of Xbox games marketing Aaron Greenberg said on Xbox Wire: “Today, PUBG Corp. and Xbox are excited to share that through the end of 2017 the PUBG community on Xbox One has already grown to over …

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BELONG arenas and competitive gaming events grow for GAME

pc150209jpg BELONG arenas and competitive gaming events grow for GAME

GAME’s initiative to install gaming arenas in some of its stores looks to be going well based on recent figures. GAME just announced that the arenas clocked up 155,000 hours of play in the 23 weeks leading up to the 6th of January. That’s a utilisation level of 28.2 per …

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