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Rejuvenated entertainment retailer Blockbuster is to embark on a promotional blitz this bank holiday weekend to properly mark its High Street comeback. Deals include the chance for shoppers to rent any new movie release for one night for 1.99. The chain has also confirmed that it will shortly begin stocking …
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Argos looks to a digital future
Home Retail Group has reported a year of flat sales and reduced profits, but owned multi-channel retailer Argos has had a better year. The company also announced a ‘transformation plan’ to reinvent Argos as a digital retail leader and reposition it from a catalogue-led to a digitally-led business. The firm’s …
Read More »EA touts "strong partnership with Nintendo" despite string of Wii U no-shows
Madden NFL 25 has become the latest EA game to skip a release on Wii U. Last year’s release was made available on both Wii and Wii U, although the last Madden to be released on a Nintendo handheld was in 2011 when Madden formed one of the 3DS’ launch …
Read More »Asda slashes ANOTHER £50 off the price of Wii U
How low will retail go in an effort to shift its Wii U stock? Having slashed 50 off the price of both the Wii U Basic and Premium SKUs back in March, retailer Asda has now cut ANOTHER 50 off the machine’s shelf price. That means consumers can now buy …
Read More »PS4 to appear at GameStop Expo
Sony's new console on display at retailer's second annual expo
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts dated, reveal at Xbox event
Activision has officially announced Call of Duty: Ghosts for PC, PS3, Xbox 360 and next-gen consoles a few days after it was leaked by a couple of retailers. The announcement was supplemented with a short live action teaser trailer, which you can check out below. The Call of Duty-Xbox partnership …
Read More »Call of Duty: Ghosts confirmed
Activision has finally confirmed the existence of Call of Duty: Ghosts. The game was outed by retailer Tesco last week after a listing (presumably accidentally?) went live on its website. The quality of the included pack shots left little doubt that the game was genuine. All we have for the …
Read More »Infographic: Moshi Monsters celebrates 5th birthday
Mind Candy shows off what its children's franchise has achieved with huge infographic
Read More »Original iPhone will be declared ‘obsolete’ next month
Apple’s original iPhone of 2007 is to become obsolete in June, according to internal info. The documentation, picked up by9to5mac.com, shows the headset manufacturer will classify the original iPhone as ‘obsolete’ everywhere, except the US, from June 11th – this applies to all Apple products that were discontinued more than …
Read More »Original iPhone to be ‘obsolete’ in June
No further technical support from Apple for its pioneering smartphone
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