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Having this morning revealed that it will not be stocking key Q1 release Mass Effect 3, GAME’s share price has plunged 15 per cent. The retailer’s share price opened at 5.57p this morning. Despite climbing briefly to 5.98p, in the hours that followed the Mass Effect 3 news the price …
Read More »Zone of the Enders HD confirmed for autumn
Konami has confirmed an autumn release date for Zone of the Enders HD Collection for PS3 and Xbox 360 in the UK. The SKU will combine the only two previous releases in the series – 2001’s PS2 outing Zone of the Enders and 2003 sequel Zone of the Enders: The …
Read More »ShopTo experiences Mass Effect 3 order surge
The industry may be wincing from this morning’s disturbing news from retailer GAME, but one man’s loss is another man’s gain. Online indie retailer ShopTo.net has this morning seen record traffic levels as gamers looked to secure their copies of Mass Effect 3 that can no longer be supplied by …
Read More »GAME issues official Mass Effect 3 statement
Retailer GAME has released a statement confirming rumours that it will not be stocking Mass Effect 3 next week. It has not, however, addressed the belief that a complete stop has been put on the stocking of all future EA games beyond this Friday’s Mass Effect 3. We currently have …
Read More »EA and Nintendo confirm GAME rumours
Publishers EA and Nintendo have confirmed rumours that Mass Effect 3 and Mario Party 9 will not be stocked by GAME or Gamestation. Though neither has officially commented specifically on the GAME situation, both have omitted the retailers from their list of supported stockists. The Mass Effect 3 N7 Collector’s …
Read More »Now Mario Party 9 skips GAME and Gamestation
A further blow has been delivered to GAME this morning with reports that Mario Party 9 will not be stocked by the retailer. Eurogamer reports that official confirmation should arrive shortly. It’s the third Nintendo-published title in a row to cut GAME loose on release day following the chain’s failure …
Read More »Leaked memo details GAME-EA rift
While MCV is still awaiting an official response from GAME regarding the news that Mass Effect 3 won’t be in-stores next week, an internal memo from current group channel director Tom Devine has shed some light on the situation. The document, obtained by IGN, appears to confirm Eurogamer’s claims that …
Read More »Mass Effect 3 will not be stocked in GAME
GAME’s run of missing titles upon their release has reached a new low with confirmation that it will not be stocking Mass Effect 3. Furthermore, Eurogamer claims that SSX will be the last EA game to be stocked by the retailer when it is released this Friday. This sounds like …
Read More »Uncharted 4… for iPhone and iPad?
Platform holders traditionally rule their domains with an iron fist. But the market is changing. These are challenging times. So the admission from Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida that the company would consider using social platforms such as Facebook as a platform for its own IP is a striking …
Read More »Modern Warfare 3 DLC lands on PS3
Activision has at last released the first DLC for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 on PS3. Two multiplayer maps, The Liberation and Piazza, are now available to download – but only if you’re a paying subscriber to the Call of Duty: Elite service. The pair were released on Xbox …
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