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Lucy Scott has been named as Comet’s new games buyer. She replaces Azeem Sadiq who has moved categories to Vision Essentials, Home AV and digital services. Scott joins from Argos, where she worked for over four years on categories including jewellery, gifts, luggages, DVDs and DIY. I’m very happy to …
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GameStop: Breaking streets dates is not part of our plan
The UK arm of retailer GameStop has insisted that it intends to observe street dates in the future. Some customers who pre-ordered Gears of War 3 last week received their copies as early as Saturday (September 17th) – complete with a note requesting that users refrain from playing until tonight. …
Read More »There won’t be a Modern Warfare 3 Prestige Edition
Activision has confirmed that there will not be a Prestige Edition of November’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. The Prestige Editions of Call of Duty released over the last two years have amazed due to the quality of their extras. The Prestige SKU for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Dead Island unmoved at No.1
Deep Silver’s console and PC title Dead Island has claimed its second week at No.1 in the UKIE Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It does so despite a shortage of copies on the High Street – and some retailers hiking the price to take advantage of the demand. It …
Read More »GameStop’s cheeky answer to online early selling
Online retail’s tendency to ship games early has irked its High Street rivals for years, but a new trick from GameStop hopes to protect the seller from accusations of early selling. It appears that GameStop.co.uk has already shipped some copies of Gears of War 3, with some customers receiving the …
Read More »GAMEfest will return in 2012
Retailer GAME has confirmed that it will host a second GAMEfest in 2012. It estimates that 30,000 gamers will attend the event at the Birmingham NEC, which opened its doors today and will run until Sunday. Partners for this year’s gathering include Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, EA and Activision. The most …
Read More »FEATURE: Call of Duty’s next phase
Few video game franchises can fill an aircraft hanger with thousands of fans on their own, let alone draw the attentions of the world’s mainstream media or entice superstar Kanye West to give a private performance. But Call of Duty can, and did without breaking a sweat. For a brand …
Read More »Gears of War 3 for £1.99 – the price war begins
It’s arguably the biggest release of the year to date and retail is gearing up for a bloody fight to win the biggest market share possible on Microsoft’s Gears of War 3. HMV is the first retailer to show its hand. It will sell the game for just 1.99 to …
Read More »Gaikai targeting 100m users by 2012
CEO claims to have already reached a tenth of the target
Read More »GAMEFest vs Eurogamer Expo
Forget Battlefield and CoD – the first real video game battle of the year takes place over the next week between GAME and Eurogamer. MCV has all the essential info. There’s no denying it’s going to be a very busy ten-day period for the industry, but arguably one that provides …
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