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Having expanded its retail presence across India, Games The Shop is turning its attention towards its online business with the relaunch of its gamestheshop.com. While the website only earlier listed a few blockbuster titles, the new store features an expansive catalogue of games, hardware and accessories. Games The Shop plans …
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Apple Stores fall from 1st to 13th in Which favourite retailers survey
UK consumers are apparently falling out of love with Apple Stores over accusations of poor customer service. This year’s Which Shop Survey found that the chain is now the UK’s 13th favourite retailer – a sharp drop from last year when it topped the ratings. Several customers complained about it …
Read More »Xbox 360 Arctic Camouflage controller to lurk mysteriously at retail
Microsoft has a new Xbox 360 controller design on the way to retail. It’s called Arctic Camouflage and is very much in the vein of the regular Camouflage release that arrived last year. It will also support Microsoft’s transforming chrome d-pad. It’s due out in both the UK and US …
Read More »Nvidia’s first G-Sync monitor due at UK retail this month
The first monitor to include Nvidia’s G-Sync technology as standard is due to hit UK shelves in the next few weeks. The AOC g2460Pg is said by AOC to be the first monitor to integrate Nvidia’s long-touted G-Sync technology into its design, rather than requiring aretrofitted kit. Demonstrating the technology …
Read More »Simon Urquhart leaves Dixons Retail
Dixons Retail’s PC gaming and components category manager Simon Urquhart has left the business. As well as handling buying for PC World and Currys’ gaming products, Urquhart was also responsible for opening Dixons Retail’s Gaming Bunker in London, which lets consumers try out the latest PCs, accessories and games. Several …
Read More »Retailers to Nintendo: Mario Kart 8 is great, but please cut the Wii U price
The UK High Street has called on Nintendo once again to lower the price of Wii U. The retailers were speaking ahead of the arrival of a Mario Kart 8 Wii U bundle, which retails for around 250. Nintendo’s racer is expected to be one of the biggest Wii U …
Read More »PC games retail has become polarised, says NCSoft
Only a handful of PC gamesare breaking through at UK retail, says publisher NCSoft. But the company is confident that its newest MMO WildStar will win over fans on the High Street after seeing impressive pre-orders, and a strong reaction to the beta. In fact, the firm says WildStar should …
Read More »Minecraft on PlayStation. The retail smash hit of the summer?
Mojang hopes to repeat last year’s feat and have Minecraft sit atop of the UK retail charts all summer. A physical version of the construction game is being released for PlayStation 3 on May 14th, with versions on PS4 and Vita set to arrive by September. The game has already …
Read More »Xbox One’s Amazing Spider-Man 2 swinging to retail this month
Activision has said that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will be released physically on Xbox One in the UK some time in early May. In mid April the Xbox One version of the game mysteriously disappeared from release schedules, with Activision simply saying that it was working with Microsoft in an …
Read More »UK retailers tip VR as ‘the next big thing’
The UK High Street is optimistic about the success of virtual reality headsets. The new hardware from Oculus Rift/Facebook and Sony is expected to arrive at the back end of the year or early 2015. And leading buyers and store managers have told MCV that if the price is right, …
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