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Usually, it’s never a good sign when a business calls on an external exec to head up a new strategy or merger. But GAME isn’t your usual retailer. At the start of the year, when the economic pinch put the squeeze on the High Street – and even snuffed a …
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GDC09 news round-up: Thursday
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Read More »US: Record results for GameStop
The games industry continues to demonstrate its resilience to the tough global economic climate with news that North American based games retailer GameStop enjoyed its eighth straight year of growth in 2008. Full-year results for the fiscal year ending January 31st 2009 saw like-for-like sales climb 12.3 per cent for …
Read More »Trade braced for DSi Easter domination
The hardware launch of the year is just a week away, and the UK games industry expects Nintendo’s DSi to give retail a huge boost. The handheld arrives in the UK on Friday, April 3rd, just as consumer spending ramps up ahead of the Easter weekend. Nintendo is hugely influential …
Read More »Cloth becomes Havok’s fastest seller
GDC 09: Games using material and hair toolset to hit retail in spring 2009
Read More »Its official: Video games are saving the High Street
Video games were the shining light of the High Street last year – pulling the overall UK entertainment retail sector kicking and screaming to a five per cent increase in revenues. Games software enjoyed a 21.1 per cent rise in annual sales in 2008 according to the Entertainment Retailers Association …
Read More »GAME Group’s plan
In a wash of frowning newsreaders, red arrows and general gloom, GAME was a shining light, beating expectations for the retail market and being one of the few chains to turn a profit. Sure, it is benefitting from the potency of the games industry and is very much the first …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Gem
How does the Gem of 25 years ago differ from the Gem today?Chris Peacock: We started off on a marketing stall selling games from the back of a lorry, now we’re a 400-plus million group. From that point of view, there’s no real comparison between the two businesses. We’re part …
Read More »GDC 09 news round-up: Wednesday
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Read More »Sony aiming for simultaneous digital PSP releases
The head of PlayStation marketing at Sony America, John Koller, has stated that Sony would ideally like to see simultaneous digital versions of its PSP titles released alongside their retail UMD counterparts. In the back half of this year, we should see a good rise in the amount of content …
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