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The UK High Street suffered a like-for-like sales decline of 0.7 per cent in Q1 and 1.2 per cent in March, the latest figures from the British retail Consortium reveal. Retail Week reports, however, that total sales grew 1.2 per cent year-on-year, with March number’s climbing by 0.6 per cent. …
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Damnation shooting to retail next month
UK publisher Codemasters has named May 22nd as the day it will release its interesting Xbox 360, PS3 and PC shooter Damnation in Europe. The game distances itself from its many competitors by trying to bring to shooting genre to a true 3D gaming arena, with vertically varied environments requiring …
Read More »AUSTRALIA: Necrovision denied retail release
1C’s upcoming WWII first person shooter Necrovision will not be released in Australia after the country’s Classification Board refused to grant it a certificate. GameSpot reports that excessive violence was named as the determining factor. With Australia still lacking an 18+ age rating for games, 1C’s title was deemed to …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Check out the latest additions to the RETAIL BIZ previews section for a guide to some of the most promising releases over the next few months. This week, we get to grips with Activision Blizzard’s X-Men: Origins: Wolverine, which leads the newest batch of previews. To browse these articles, click …
Read More »DSi launch puts £14m in retail tills
Opening weekend sales of Nintendo’s DSi generated 14 million for UK retailers, MCV estimates 92,000 DSi units were sold in the device’s first three days on sale, making the system the fourth-fastest selling console in UK history. Senior product manager for DS James Honeywell told MCV: DSi’s launch is just the beginning …
Read More »Retail finally enters console downloads space
The North American arm of online retailer Amazon has begun selling Xbox Live Arcade games via its portal in the form of purchasable Xbox Live codes. The so-called ‘walled gardens’ of digital console publishing have for a long time been regarded as the biggest barrier between traditional retail and the …
Read More »The DSi at retail
Peter Willis – Games Buyer, DSGi "The DS has been a key product for us for the last couple of years and I am sure the DSi will be just as popular. It’s a great fit with our customers and we are anticipating big things. We have one of our …
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: Hannah Montana: The Movie
Check out the latest RETAIL BIZ previews for the lowdown on a selection of key forthcoming products. This week, we offer a guide to Disney’s Hannah Montana: The Movie, as well as a range of other major titles arriving at retail on Friday. To check them out, click here.
Read More »PopCap: The end of retail still a long way off
Leading casual games developer PopCap has stated that High Street retail still forms a vital part of its business plan as it allows the company to reach customers that remain inaccessible through digital delivery platforms. While a platform such as Xbox Live Arcade or PlayStation Network gives us an opportunity …
Read More »Left 4 Dead shifts 2.5m at retail
Valve, the developer of co-operative zombie shooter Left 4 Dead, has revealed that its title has sold over 2.5m units worldwide at retail since launch, Edge reports. The number includes boxed sales of the game on both Xbox 360 and PC. The figure doesn’t include sales of the game through …
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