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Electricals chain Comet has announced that it is to open a number of GAME concessions in its stores, taking the video games specialist back to out-of-town retail parks. The first, due to open in mid-October, will be in Comet’s Croydon outlet. A further five concessions will be launched before the …
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Read More »Best Buy defends PS3 update charge
US retailer Best Buy has defended the $30 charge it is asking of US customers to update the firmware on their PS3s – a procedure that’s completely free to any consumer with access to the internet. Best Buy’s Geek Squad offers services to support virtually all the gear we sell …
Read More »Going to the London Games Conference?
Need to know details:When? Thursday, November 4th No, When Exactly? Conference runs from 17:00 to 20:15 – dinner and drinks continue to midnight. Where? BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London www.londongamesconference.com 1. LAST YEAR’S WAS GOOD… The London Games Conference made its debut last year. The idea was to create a UK-based, …
Read More »PES 2011 for £30 at Tesco
Tesco has become the first retailer to show its hand and declare its day one price for Konami’s PES 2011, which is released in the UK tomorrow. The supermarket will sell the game for just 30, no strings attached. It’s a different strategy to that it adopted with FIFA 11 …
Read More »Sub-standard Sonics de-listed
Poor or average Sonic The Hedgehog games can no longer be bought new at retail. Sega has de-listed certain Sonic titles in order to ‘increase the value of the brand’ and avoid confusing the consumer. The firm plans to launch three new Sonic games this Christmas – Sonic Colours and …
Read More »Pre-owned goes mainstream
Publishers hate it, but punters love it – and now it’s official: pre-owned is everywhere. The number of outlets offering second-hand games and trade-in services has grown by 1,000 stores this year, MCV research has shown. Tesco and Argos have both taken second-hand schemes national in recent months. Meanwhile, MCV …
Read More »OPINION: THQ talks new tech
THE NEW PLATFORMS: FACEBOOK, MOBILE AND THE CLOUD Next year is my 20th in the games industry and I have seen a lot of things come and go. I’ve seen hyped things that worked and hyped things that didn’t. What do we actually know? We know that great games find buyers. So we need …
Read More »Mindscape dates its Q4 music game trio
Mindscape will launch three new music titles in just three weeks this Christmas. Kids’ karaoke game My First Songs launches on Friday, October 29th, and is aimed at children between three and six. Family karaoke sequel U-Sing 2 arrives on Friday, November 19th. Both titles are scheduled for Wii. In …
Read More »New digital distributor emerges
Atomblock is the latest player to join the increasingly competitive world of digital games distribution. The firm says it will open digital game shops for retailers and media, and its platform has already been picked up by MSN Benelux. The distributor has 450 titles ready to download from clients including …
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