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UK retailers have told MCV that they are keen to stock Valve’s Steam-box and Nvidia’s Shield. A Steam-box style product named Piston and Nvidia’s new console Shield was showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, putting pressure on Microsoft and Sony who have yet to lift the lid on …
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The Walking Dead heading to retail this March
Although sadly it isn’t the acclaimed Telltale Games’ point-and-click adventure. Instead it is first-person shooter The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, the TV series adaptation from Activision. The publisher has announced the game will be available on March 29th in the UK and Europe, according to Eurogamer. In addition to Xbox …
Read More »Play.com to shut down retail business
The closure of the Jersey tax loophole last year has been blamed for the end of Play.com as we know it. The retailer has confirmed that it will from March 2013 become a marketplace-only service, allowing customers to sell goods via their site with Play taking a slice, much like …
Read More »Retail narrowly avoids Christmas drop, grows 0.3% YOY
UK retail sales values were up ever so slightly by 0.3 per cent year-on-year fro December. It’s a severe drop from the 2.2 per cent gain made in 2011, but better than some had feared. The BRC reports that total sales were up 1.5 per cent. This is down from …
Read More »OPINION: New Year’s Revolution – 2013 is the year where everyone is a retailer
Fresh data this week suggests the worst: selling video games in the UK during 2012 was a storm of recession and poor momentum. Total software sales were down 17.6 per cent overall. Modest gains in digital sales, up 7.7 per cent to 552m, was not enough to cover the 26.4 …
Read More »Tomb Raider multiplayer revealed by UK retailer
UK retailer Game has accidentally revealed that Tomb Raider will feature multiplayer, a first for the franchise. The information was listed on the Game website’s Tomb Raider product page and has since been removed. Listed under key features was Survive as a Team: Play a variety of multiplayer modes as …
Read More »UK retailers sell 2.2m boxed games in last big sales week before Christmas
UK boxed games retailers sold 2.23m video games last week. In total, the likes of GAME, Amazon and Tesco made 56.7m from the sale of software. A rise of 13 per cent week-on-week. The numbers are disappointing for those buyers and store managers expecting a late festive rush. For the …
Read More »First Star Wars: The Old Republic expansion skips retail
BioWare is working on the first major add-on or its Star Wars MMO, The Old Republic – but it won’t be coming to the High Street. The Rise of the Hutt Cartel is due for release this spring and will only be available via download, according to IGN. The title …
Read More »Over 2m games sold at UK retail last week
UK retailers sold 2,075,634 games last week, generating over 50m in revenue. Sales have been steadily rising throughout December as Christmas approaches, and last week sales were driven by significant price reductions on games such as Medal of Honor, Halo, Hitman, Need for Speed and more. Unit sales rose 11 …
Read More »Indian retailers begin Grand Theft Auto 5 preorders
Preorders for Grand Theft Auto 5 had begun internationally a while back, and a few Indian retailers have now started accepting preorders too. Flipkart.com was the first to begin preorders, offering both the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions for Rs 2,799. Shortly after, Game4u also listed Rockstar’s upcoming open-world title …
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