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US retail results have arrived for April. NPD’s latest report states hardware sales accounted for $189.7m, accessories brought in $148.6m, and software sales contributed $292.1m. In terms of year-over-year, accessories saw a very marginal increase, while hardware and software sales saw dramatic drops. Microsoft continued to dominate the US hardware …
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Dishonored gets UK release date
Bethesda has put a firm UK release date on original looking action stealth adventure Dishonored. The game will be released in the UK on October 12th. It will hit North American retail a few days earlier on October 9th and Australian gamers will be able to buy it on October …
Read More »OPINION: Smart Square’s shooter surprise
Hitman’s hybrid marketing-development tricks like this won’t happen often, but is sure to raise some eyebrows, says Michael French Do game announcements still wow you? I’m probably not alone in feeling a bit lackadaisical about the announcement of Game X or Sequel Y, sometimes a year or more before anyone …
Read More »Hitman: Absolution release date confirmed for November 20th
Retail is in for a busy November, with Square Enix confirming its Hitman: Absolution will arrive in the midst of the Q4 boom time for games. The latest game in the acclaimed series is due on November 20th. It is yet another game due on a Tuesday. Already this year …
Read More »UK Government making age-12 rating legally enforceable for video games
Retailers that sell games rated 12 or over to younger children could be jailed. The decision comes as part of today’s new Government process to have the pan-European PEGI ratings become law. It will add further power to the PEGI ratings, which are being made the sole classification for video …
Read More »Rumour: GameStop to start selling Steam vouchers
Claims emerging from the US suggest that retailer GameStop is to start selling gift vouchers for Valve’s digital PC games portal Steam. Kotaku claims to have word of the move from a GameStop source”. It also claims that the decision to stock such cards is a direct result of its …
Read More »OPINION: Nintendo’s digital strategy shows it’s still box clever
Where Nintendo leads, others often follow. Sure, the finer points of Virtual Boy, N64 and 3DS pulled in directions others didn’t want to go. But they are exceptions to the rule. Broadly, when the Kyoto HQ’s bright ideas cause the market to jump, everyone jumps. Platform games, motion control, shoulder …
Read More »HMV U-turns on game plan
Just weeks after telling MCV it will cut the store space dedicated to games, HMV has changed its mind. Instead it will actually now grow the amount of space for games as it looks to take advantage of market gaps left by the shrunken GAME. Earlier this year the High …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Nintendo reinvents the download
Nintendo has caved to the online revolution, and will soon offer simultaneous digital/physical releases. But its download plan could also change the way video games are sold, says Michael French Too little, too late? It’s very easy to consider Nintendo’s sudden declaration to ‘significantly expand its digital business’ during its …
Read More »E-Xpress offers iPad as preorder incentive for upcoming games
Indian game distributor E-Xpress Interactive has kicked off a preorder campaign for games releasing over the next three months. The games in this promotion include Max Payne 3, Spec Ops: The Line, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Lollipop Chainsaw, LEGO Batman 2: DC Superheroes, London 2012, and Darksiders II. Aside from …
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