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GAME will sell GameStop’s Deformers exclusively in the UK
It may seem like an unlikely alliance, but GAME has joined forces with GameStop for a UK retail exclusive. Games Industry reports that Ready At Dawn’s upcoming Deformers, which is published by GameStop’s publishing arm GameTrust, will be a GAME exclusive in the UK. Remember that following the sudden closure …
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Former rivals GameStop and GAME come together
Read More »GAME interim figures: A predictably tough 2016 but upbeat about 2017
GAME has published its financial results for the six months up to January 28th, including the key Christmas period, and what have we learnt? Well, very little in fact. The figures largely tie with those we had from GAME back in January, when it updated us before its AGM. In …
Read More »Maximum Games teams up with Gearbox to publish Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition in UK and Australia
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Read More »We need to talk about Xbox Game Pass
Xbox Game Pass is the latest in a long line of services that have been branded ‘Netflix for Games’ – for better or worse. But with Microsoft and numerous heavyweight publishers behind it, Xbox Game Pass is the strongest contender yet. So why aren’t publishers keen to talk it up? …
Read More »GameStop predicts Switch stock shortages throughout 2017
It might continue to be hard to find Switch consoles on the High Street for the rest of the year, retailer GameStop has predicted. VentureBeat reports that despite strong demand, the retailer says that any potential Switch success has not influenced its financial forecasts as it cannot be sure how …
Read More »Mass Effect: Andromeda debuts at No.1
EA and BioWare’s RPG sequel Mass Effect: Andromeda has unsurprisingly shot straight to the top of the UK Top 40 in its first week of sale in the UK. The game becomes the third biggest launch of the year behind Ghost Recon: Wildlands and Horizon Zero Dawn, although it can …
Read More »GameStop Q4 revenues fall 13.6%
Global games retailer GameStop has reported year-on-year drops in both revenue and income. Revenues for the quarter ending January 28th fell 13.6 per cent to $3.05bn, while net income dropped 18 per cent to $208.7bn. Adjusted earnings were down by three per cent. Comparable store sales declined by 16.3 per …
Read More »A rare achievement: how Yooka-Laylee’s winning fans on both sides of the nostalgia divide
Nostalgia is a valuable currency in the games industry, but there’s one UK studio that knows this better than most. Formed by several ex-Rare employees, many of whom worked there during the firm’s iconic N64 years, Playtonic Games is just over a fortnight away from releasing its debut title, Yooka-Laylee, …
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