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The value of the console music genre has decreased by a massive 75 per cent in the last two years, according to a new study. Gamasutra reckons the genre – which includes titles such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band – was worth over $16bn in 2008. In 2010 that …
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PC market impossible for smaller publishers
French publisher Focus Home Interactive has declared it ‘impossible’ for smaller publishers to sell PC titles at UK retail. The firm is best known for a number of niche PC hits, including the Cities XL series – a gaming franchise that has been forced to depend on digital distribution this …
Read More »ShopTo gets first TV ad
Online retailer ShopTo.Net has run its first ever TV advertisement. The firm teamed up with Ubisoft for the Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood TV ad, promoting the fact consumers can buy it from the retailer for 32.85. The ads ran in the week running up to the release of the game (Friday …
Read More »US: Orange and green DSis launch
A special version of the Nintendo DSi will go on sale in the US on November 26th available in either orange or green. The SKU also includes a copy of Mario Party DS and comes with a suggested retail price of $149.99. It launches in time for US sales day …
Read More »Blockbuster back on the offensive
After the most traumatic year in the chain’s history, rental and entertainment retailer Blockbuster is bursting back into life in the US with its first nationwide advertising campaign since 2007. In September of this year Blockbuster’s long and drawn out decent into bankruptcy was finally confirmed. The deal it eventually …
Read More »Sony clarifies GT5 install rumours
Just two hours after parts of the internet went into meltdown amid claims of a colossal, time-consuming mandatory installation for next week’s racer Gran Turismo 5, Sony has already extinguished the fire. At lunchtime today reports emerged claiming that the game would require a compulsory installation of 6.4GB. More so, …
Read More »Job losses at $200 guitar-game developer
US outfit Seven45 says cuts are â??cyclicalâ??; one source claims 30 staff gone
Read More »Xmas boost predicted for Shred
Despite the poor performance from Tony Hawk’s Shred so far at retail, the key Christmas period could yet bring success to the title, Activision has claimed. Yesterday MCV reported that the game sold just 3,000 units in its first week on sale in the US, a number that represents a …
Read More »AC Brotherhood price roundup
The latest release in the Assassin’s Creed saga – which is doing brilliantly with critics – has sparked off yet another price war on the UK High Street. The headline price comes from HMV, which is selling the game for just 2.99 when customers trade-in a copy of last week’s …
Read More »Books-a-Million launches games offering
Books-a-Million has announced it has started selling video games. The US retailer now stocks games in some of its 200-plus stores spread throughout the American South and Northeast, according to Gamasutra. The titles stock initially seem to be pre-owned titles, although it is unclear where the stock originates from. It …
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